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[av3rnus]

Hmm. Economist Arnold Kling is giving a talk on 'Markets vs. Government' at Campbell University in Raleigh @ 6:00 this Thursday. He assumes it's open to the public, but I can't find any more information about it. Maybe I'll be able to leave work early enough to find out? I've been reading his blog posts for years, so it would be cool to see him in

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[akiko]

That's a good theory... and with Raleigh, it might not actually be a bad one.

I thought Campbell was outside Raleigh, though. Do they have multiple campuses?

[av3rnus]

Their law school, as I have discovered, is located in downtown Raleigh. I'm assuming that this is where Mr. Kling will be speaking, since he did mention "Raleigh" in one of his posts. Also, Google Maps tells me that the John Locke Foundation is right next door, so it seems a likely location for this sort of talk. ;)

If you wanted to hear a talk by a smart, knowledgeable, non-crazy libertarian, then you're welcome to join me. Of course, it's a bit of a drive from Hillsborough into downtown Raleigh for a talk that *might* not be open to the public, so... yeah. It's considerably more convenient for me, what with working just north of the beltline.

[akiko]

There are non-crazy libertarians? ;)

I get the feeling it'd be over my head. Econ (ironically?) is one of those things I just can't wrap my head around. Micro is sort of ok; we had some of that in pharmacy school (inventory, fixed costs, incremental costs, etc, in the event we became pharmacy managers someday), and I can do very simple cost-benefit analyses, but macro kinda ... whoosh.

I think it's because micro has applications I can see (and use) and macro is more theory. And the way I'm wired, theory is my nemesis. ... Huh. That explains a lot of things, actually.

[kirinn]

Besides, macro is totally voodoo. Even Milton Friedman's grandson agrees! ;)