A few thoughts on OWS

From an economics and sociology discussion -- under the right circumstances, conservatives and libertarians were as likely as anyone on the left to give wrong answers to economic questions. The proper inference from our work is not that one group is more enlightened, or less. It’s that “myside bias”—the tendency to judge a statement according to how conveniently it fits with one’s settled position—is pervasive among all of America’s political groups.

And, on a somewhat related note -- the top 1% are a killin us! [ read more ]