“The governing principle is precisely the same one that predicts behavior at the gas pump. When the price of gasoline is low, people choose to buy more gasoline. When the price of accidents (e.g., the probability of being killed or… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“If you bake a cupcake, the world has one more cupcake. If you become a circus clown, the world has one more squirt of… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“The governing principle is precisely the same one that predicts behavior at the gas pump. When the price of gasoline is low, people choose… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“Of course, ideas can always be misleading—but then so can numbers. Still, we advance by learning new ways to think, even if those ways… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“Logic matters. It leads us from simple ideas to surprising conclusions.” — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“A few lines of reasoning can change the way we see the world.” — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“Among college students, economics and philosophy majors have similar current incomes, but it’s the economics students who drive cars, because it’s the economics students… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“Colleges should offer lots of optional life-enriching experiences, like intramural basketball and a place to sunbathe. But reading books, like basketball or sunbathing, is… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“When I find a pair of pants I like, I buy a lot of them. Really a lot. Perhaps there’s something genetic here; I… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“Why am I permitted to apply racial criteria when I select a spouse but not when I select a personal assistant?” — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“A low current stock price forecasts a low future price. If today’s price is low, there is a good reason to buy more (it’s… — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“Selling is a painful necessity, buying is what makes it all worthwhile.” — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
