Archive for William R. Allen

Old, Bold Futility

In economic analysis and policy formulation, profundity is not to be confused with complexity. And simple logic is not the same as simplicity. Reliance in thought and communication on shortcut slogans and mottos yields not solution but fiasco. With employment slumping, many would have us believe in a simplistic “bold economic recovery program.” With vast [...]

23Oct2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

The Noblest Triumph: Property and Prosperity Through the Ages

Property is a multifaceted and fundamental topic. Tom Bethell here gives us a broad survey, dealing with economic, political, and legal theory; episodes of economic and political activity; and assessments of institutional constraints and procedures from ancient Greece to virtually the day before yesterday. Since the fiasco in the Garden of Eden, we have lived [...]

1Aug1999 | | 0 comments | Continued

Perspective: Bunnie Rabbit, Winnie, and the Grand Plan

With their uncertainties and fears and aspirations, people do much fretting and flailing. It is a hard world, to be sure. So we work and save and plan. And in our striving and struggling, the veneer of civilization is often worn very thin. It is worn completely through at times and in places, exposing our [...]

1Aug1994 | | 0 comments | Continued

Scholarship, Leadership, And Public Works Jobs

William R. Allen is professor of economics at UCLA; he and William Dickneider collaborate on the Midnight Economist radio program, syndicated by the Reason Foundation of Los Angeles. Universities have a special mission. Not only do they teach the accumulated lore and wisdom of the tribe, but they also push out the boundaries of knowledge. [...]

1Mar1993 | | 1 comment | Continued

Art and Representative Government

William R. Allen is professor of economics at UCLA; he and William Dickneider collaborate on the Midnight Economist radio program, syndicated by the Reason Foundation of Santa Monica, California. There, on a patio of a university campus, was a pile of twisted, rusted iron pipe. But it wasn’t debris from plumbing renovation. It was an [...]

1Nov1991 | | 0 comments | Continued

Aid Alternatives and Discrimination

The Economics of Rational Assistance

1Nov1960 | | 2 comments | Continued

Scarcity, Parking, and the Price System

A parking problem analyzed in terms applicable to all the economics affairs of mankind.

1Jun1959 | | 0 comments | Continued

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