Bryan Caplan

@bryan_caplan

GMU econ prof, NYT bestseller, father of 4, author of Myth of the Rational Voter, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, Case Against Education, and Open Borders.

Oakton, Virginia
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Joined January 2011
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    6 Oct 2021

    Anytime you see me in public, please introduce yourself. Making friends has worked out swimmingly for me so far!

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  2. 2 hours ago

    What’s the best source for the fraction of their land that developers currently devote to parking? I’ve been going through *The High Cost of Free Parking* and can’t seem to find it, though I remember a rough 50% ratio from somewhere.

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  3. 5 hours ago

    Suppose there was an in-person anti-masking protest . How many protestors would have to show up to get the to drop his mask mandate?

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  4. 6 hours ago

    "When God entered the world, it was through a poor Jewish carpenter, in order to humble all the kings and princes of Earth; when Science enters the world, it’s through Swiss patent clerks, or Hungarian women from third-tier colleges, for the same reason."

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  5. 6 hours ago

    "On reflection, current discrimination law parallels the set-up of the new Texas abortion law."

    1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
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  6. 6 hours ago

    If they say, “Hardly anyone wins cases using such evidence,” you can counter, “Well, then what’s the harm?” If they say, “We can’t win cases without such evidence,” you can counter, “Then your cases sound pretty bogus.”

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  7. 6 hours ago

    "A free speech exception highlights the sheer pettiness of many discrimination cases. If you can’t make your case without lamenting on-the-job jokes, you don’t have much of a case, do you?"

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  8. 6 hours ago

    "Create an ironclad free speech limitation: 'Expression of political opinions or jokes by co-workers, managers, or owners are Constitutionally protected free speech & can never be treated as evidence of discrimination or a hostile workplace environment.'"

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  9. 6 hours ago

    "Existing discrimination law, similarly, evades Supreme Court rulings forbidding governments from punishing job-related speech. How? By giving private parties the right to sue job providers for offering free speech."

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  10. 16 hours ago

    Saul: You’re not dying, Walt. Walt: I got the results of the test back - I definitely have cancer.

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  11. Jan 4

    So if cloth masks officially don’t work now, do we get an apology for every time someone hassled us to wear one?

    126 replies 30 retweets 467 likes
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  12. Jan 4

    How many times have you responded mischievously to Twitter polls?

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  13. Jan 4

    "Government will not accept “No” as your final answer. You can hide, you can weasel, you can even get a lawyer. Still, if you stubbornly and openly refuse to obey the government, it will probably kill you."

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  14. Jan 4

    "Escalation. If you really pay attention, that’s the standard mechanism of government coercion. You can break most of the laws most of the time. But once you’re on the government’s radar, they keep ramping up the punishment until you back down."

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  15. Jan 4

    "Each time they ask, they escalate. The first pseudo-polite 'request' becomes a stern order. Then they start threatening to report you to the authorities. I’ve seen the situation reach this level more than once."

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  16. Jan 4

    "For the first offence, the sky is the same as the ground: They order you to wear your mask. But since you’re stuck together in a flying tube, you can’t simply obey, wait for the enforcer to disappear, then remove your mask again."

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  17. Jan 4

    "Until you board the plane, the punishment is simply: An authority orders you to put on your mask. Once they’re out of sight, you can safely remove your mask until another authority orders you to put on your mask."

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  18. Jan 3

    The right is too anti-intellectual to come up with anything new. The left is too pseudo-intellectual come up with anything true.

    8 replies 34 retweets 333 likes
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  19. Jan 3

    Lots to like here:

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  20. Jan 3

    "So what are you supposed to do if you want to continue the good fight against social ills you’ve already practically driven to extinction? Move the goalposts all the way to Mars."

    1 reply 5 retweets 34 likes
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  21. Jan 3

    How many times were you abducted by aliens?

    10 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
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