Grant McDermott

Assistant Prof. at the University of Oregon. Interested in environmental economics & data science.

Blog

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Bob Murphy on Heartland and Gleick

March 26, 2012 4 minute read

Bob Murphy is probably the one “Austrian” school blogger that I make a sincere effort to follow. I don’t agree with everything — or even most — of what he wr...

Quote of the day - Rebellion

March 23, 2012 less than 1 minute read

After the previous post, I’m afraid it’s unavoidable:<div style="text-align: center;">“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.”</div>&...

On censorship and misreading Ray Bradbury

March 23, 2012 2 minute read

Earlier today I read Bill Maher's op-ed in the NYT: Please Stop Apologizing. I deeply agree with his general point and am reminded of the way he put it &mdas...

At least our benevolent Google overlords care

March 22, 2012 less than 1 minute read

about their water footprint. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lJnlgM1yEU0" width="560"></if...

Libertarianism and the paleo diet - Natural or strange bedfellows?

March 21, 2012 2 minute read

I want follow up on the previous post by making a side observation on the paleo diet’s marked popularity within libertarian circles — especially anarcho-capi...