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Author: Leland B. Yeager
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Leland B. Yeager

Leland B. Yeager is Ludwig von Mises Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Auburn University.
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The Contagious Crisis

Leland B. Yeager August 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

Libertarians face charges these days that capitalism has failed or at least that deregulation has invited our current economic troubles. These charges are not persuasive. …

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Less Light

Leland B. Yeager June 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

The World Wildlife Fund urged people around the world to help save the planet by switching outdoor lighting off during Earth Hour on the evening …

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Intensifier

Leland B. Yeager June 1, 2009 November 18, 2020

Use of “incredible” or “incredibly” as a vogue word to mean “extreme” or “very” or even nothing at all is rampant. Much less familiar is …

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Deceptive Vacuity

Leland B. Yeager April 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

It is puzzling how seldom TV pundits expose the vacuity of “change” as a political platform. Everyone wants change of some sort or other, but …

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A Curious Conversion

Leland B. Yeager March 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

Many books tell a tragic story. This book is itself a tragedy. I eagerly bought Antony Flew’s account of his renouncing atheism, expecting an intellectual …

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The Delusion of Competence

Leland B. Yeager January 1, 2008 November 18, 2020

Several kinds of behavior fall into a pattern when we see them as examples of the delusion of competence. Political position, fame, celebrity, or supposed …

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Iraq and a Hard Place

Leland B. Yeager November 1, 2006 November 18, 2020

President Bush warned in his American Legion speech of August 31 and on other occasions that withdrawing from Iraq now would hand victory to America’s …

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Draft Evasion: $10,000, Smoking Marijuana: $25,000, Living in a Civil Society: Priceless

Leland B. Yeager April 1, 2002 November 18, 2020

Criminal penalties are not prices. Occasionally the idea surfaces that the schedule of penalties for felonies and misdemeanors is a price list. By implication, people …

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An Incredible Vogue

Leland B. Yeager March 1, 2002 November 18, 2020

the word in its sloppy, voguish sense. It and similar words (incredibly, unbelievable/bly, and, on Spanish-language TV, incredibly, unbelievable /bly) are widely used nowadays as …

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Economics Disregarded

Leland B. Yeager February 1, 2002 November 18, 2020

A reporter on a TV talk show asked Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta whether a 70-year-old white woman from Florida would receive the same level of …

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