tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post7290237331035386861..comments2024-01-14T17:27:30.511-05:00Comments on Law, Legislation, and Lunacy: Public Choice 101Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364155797420903461noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-31782092125552949282007-04-04T12:47:00.000-04:002007-04-04T12:47:00.000-04:00David,Your distinction between the two people seem...David,<BR/><BR/>Your distinction between the two people seems like it could be easily explained away by your own description: "LSE tends to be very mathematical." In this case, it's the nature of the kind of material studied. You and I took Mathematical Economic Modeling; the higher level differential equations boil down the entirety of "technology" into a single variable (or assume it away entirely). That such economists would then neglect to model human infallibility isn't so much an oversight or blind spot as the nature of the kind of analysis they do. I would imagine most of the mathematically-minded economists don't care about public choice, not because they disagree with its empirical observations, but because what it has to say is entirely uninteresting to what they do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-3551988033756345372007-04-04T10:45:00.000-04:002007-04-04T10:45:00.000-04:00England is a little more of a mixed bag, to be sur...England is a little more of a mixed bag, to be sure, but I met participants on both sides of public choice. Pretty strongly in those sides, too. (For example, LSE tends to be very mathematical while I met someone from the University of Manchester who was more American in his views of public choice.) You'd really have to ask a native to get an accurate picture, but my instinct says England leans more to the European camp.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364155797420903461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-77120004444024147512007-04-04T10:23:00.000-04:002007-04-04T10:23:00.000-04:00When you say The European model, do you really mea...When you say The European model, do you really mean Continental? The Anglosphere has a pretty long tradition of smaller government, distrust of the government that exists, and a legal framework that takes into account the belief that individuals have a better idea of what works than a government far away. I'm a bit biased, with the pro common law agenda they teach in law school, but there is something to be said about the kind of culture that develops around the common law, as opposed to the civil law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-30401320583297125322007-04-04T09:43:00.000-04:002007-04-04T09:43:00.000-04:00Maybe Tyler has an answerhttp://www.marginalrevolu...Maybe Tyler has an answer<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/04/a_simple_model_.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/04/a_simple_model_.html</A>Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17059735648946659240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-69629708107977196942007-04-04T09:38:00.000-04:002007-04-04T09:38:00.000-04:00Perhaps it's historical - if a government does som...Perhaps it's historical - if a government does something so unpleasant to you that you have to colonize a completely unknown landmass, you'll never really trust governments again. Plus, the fact that our government is much more fresh helps; there weren't any ages-old social norms about divine blessings or special status.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13439499807298790897noreply@blogger.com