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In reply to Irfan Khawaja. As to Krugman’s response that “people think” urination is a serious hazard: What people? Getting close to others while not masked does pose a serious hazard, but lots of “people think” it doesn&#…

I sent the blog post above to Paul Krugman, who offered this rather bizarre reply below, which seems as much a concession as a confession. Krugman, Paul Fri, Mar 5, 4:40 PM (18 hours ago) to me I actually knew that urine wasn’t a serious hazard, but …

In reply to Suleman Khawaja. Wait until you see Krugman’s SMH answer to me. I’m just about to post it. LikeLike

Krugman is one of the more consistently intelligent commentators on the NYT Op-Ed page, but in this case I agree, he selects a bad analogy. Then, failing to see what a bad analogy he’s picked, he doesn’t so much make an argument as he engag…

I’ve discussed previously on this blog the difference between primary and secondary regulations (credit to Kevin Carson for the terminology), and I feel I must reiterate the point once again. So many people, on both the right and the left, misunderstand the nature of statism in this regard. Leftists commit the grievous error of correctly…

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What does global poverty look like if we rely on the notions of poverty in countries like Denmark, the US, or Germany? And how should this perspective inform our aspirations for the future of global poverty?

If everyone shifted to a plant-based diet we would reduce global land use for agriculture by 75%. This large reduction of agricultural land use would be possible thanks to a reduction in land used for grazing and a smaller need for land to grow crops.