Alex Tabarrok

Well-roundedness comes not from sitting in a classroom but from experiencing the larger world.

— Alex Tabarrok

The only way to thrive is to innovate. It's that simple.

— Alex Tabarrok

Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.

— Alex Tabarrok

It seems to me that the price of eternal vigilance is liberty.

— Alex Tabarrok

As far as wages are concerned, the only difference between immigration and birth is that birth takes longer.

— Alex Tabarrok

A lot of people say that India has been held back by its democracy. But lets remember that, despite being a poor…

— Alex Tabarrok

People get used to more complex forms of entertainment, and they become bored by simpler forms. Television has become more complex in…

— Alex Tabarrok

A bet is a tax on bullshit; and it is a just tax, tribute paid by the bullshitters to those with genuine…

— Alex Tabarrok

The term 'natural resources' confuses people. 'Natural resources' are not like a finite number of gifts under the Christmas tree. Nature is…

— Alex Tabarrok

Conservatives have long argued, correctly, that 'fine-tuning' the economy is a chimera, but that argument seems to have disappeared from the conservative…

— Alex Tabarrok

I think modern television shows, with their intricate plots, are stimulating our minds. This is one reason IQs have been going up.

— Alex Tabarrok

A lot of people say that India has been held back by its democracy. But let's remember that, despite being a poor…

— Alex Tabarrok

What we tell students in formal schooling: “Sit down, stay quiet, and absorb. Do this for 12 to 16 years and all…

— Alex Tabarrok

It would be really great if I discovered a cure for cancer, but it would only be a little bit less great…

— Alex Tabarrok

The first thing you learn when you're blogging is that people are one click away from leaving you. So you've got to…

— Alex Tabarrok

People used to think that more population was bad for growth. In this view, people are stomachs - they eat, leaving less…

— Alex Tabarrok

The obsessive focus on a college degree has served neither taxpayers nor students well. Only 35 percent of students starting a four-year…

— Alex Tabarrok

Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is…

— Alex Tabarrok

America has the highest standard of living of any major country in the entire world. To maintain and enhance that standard of…

— Alex Tabarrok

I encourage everyone I know to sign an organ donor card, but if someone doesn't want to sign, that's his or her…

— Alex Tabarrok

Our obsessive focus on college schooling has blinded us to basic truths. College is a place, not a magic formula. It matters…

— Alex Tabarrok

If China and India were as rich as the United States is today, the market for cancer drugs would be eight times…

— Alex Tabarrok

Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract,…

— Alex Tabarrok

Patents are like fertilizer. Applied wisely and sparingly, they can increase growth. But if you apply too many chemicals, or make patents…

— Alex Tabarrok

Writing on the blog, you want to get attention and make strong claims. In academic work, that often doesn't pay, so sometimes…

— Alex Tabarrok

More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since…

— Alex Tabarrok

Education is the key to the future: You've heard it a million times, and it's not wrong. Educated people have higher wages…

— Alex Tabarrok

Television is much more complex, brain-challenging and involved than it used to be. It's almost impossible to watch a television show from…

— Alex Tabarrok

There is no right to a job or a wage rate, but there is a right to move from one country to…

— Alex Tabarrok

College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don't help…

— Alex Tabarrok

Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If…

— Alex Tabarrok

I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think…

— Alex Tabarrok

Michael Moore didn't have to worry that anyone would misinterpret the title of his film, 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' because in Hollywood,…

— Alex Tabarrok

Capitalists work hard to produce what consumers want. Artists who work too hard to produce what consumers want are often accused of…

— Alex Tabarrok

Like many works of literature, Hollywood chooses for its villains people who strive for social dominance through the pursuit of wealth, prestige,…

— Alex Tabarrok

It used to be that almost all innovation came from the U.S. and a small number of other developed countries. That's no…

— Alex Tabarrok

When the FDA forces an old drug off the market, patients have very little say in the matter. Patients have even less…

— Alex Tabarrok