I encourage everyone I know to sign an organ donor card, but if someone doesn't want to sign, that's his or her choice. If someone isn't willing to give an organ, however, why should that person be allowed to receive… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
A lot of people say that India has been held back by its democracy. But lets remember that, despite being a poor country, Indias… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
The obsessive focus on a college degree has served neither taxpayers nor students well. Only 35 percent of students starting a four-year degree program… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Like many works of literature, Hollywood chooses for its villains people who strive for social dominance through the pursuit of wealth, prestige, and power.… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Well-roundedness comes not from sitting in a classroom but from experiencing the larger world. — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If virtue means… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don't help them very… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Conservatives have long argued, correctly, that 'fine-tuning' the economy is a chimera, but that argument seems to have disappeared from the conservative handbook. — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Patents are like fertilizer. Applied wisely and sparingly, they can increase growth. But if you apply too many chemicals, or make patents too strong,… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
When the FDA forces an old drug off the market, patients have very little say in the matter. Patients have even less of a… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
I encourage everyone I know to sign an organ donor card, but if someone doesn't want to sign, that's his or her choice. If… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
A bet is a tax on bullshit; and it is a just tax, tribute paid by the bullshitters to those with genuine knowledge. — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of living, America… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
