Freedom and Flourishing

  Everyone knows that resilience is important in coping with misfortune. However, it may be more important than I had thought. My attentio...

  The accompanying graphic suggests that it does. It is from Michael A Bishop’s book, The Good Life : Unifying the Philosophy and Psychology...

  If someone had mentioned “scout mindset” to me a week ago, I would probably have thought they were referring to mottos of the scouting mov...

 This article is about my personal experience in attempting to understand social welfare, the concept of a good society, and my role as an e...

  It is well known that in wealthy countries, further improvement of average incomes has only a small impact on average life satisfaction. D...

  There are good reasons why public policy discussions often revolve around the benefits and costs of alternative policies. Discussions that...

  Development of public policy depends to a large extent on sensible public discussion to filter out stupid proposals.   Climate change is n...

This is an appropriate question for economists with an interest in public policy to be considering. It recognizes a possible role for ...