Kevin L

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"If Graeme Wood's analysis in the Atlantic is correct, wouldn't multilateral military action be seen as a fulfillment of prophecy, strengthening the resolve of current devotees of ISIS and attracting previously infra-marginal believers? Since believers do seem to be going to ISIS's territory - unlike Al-Qaeda adherents that dispersed through the enemy populations to seek revenge - wouldn't it be better to allow persecuted people in their territories to leave and establish lives elsewhere, and allow the believers to gather and wait for a war that never comes?" - Kevin L

"I'm not experienced in faculty meetings, so tell me why must the faculty attend? There must be some incentive to be there in the first place. If the reason is norms, then your analysis makes more sense to me. If the reason is that administrators mandate it, isn't that an incentive problem? They are the ones imposing the externality, and therefore they should be charged - i.e., the opportunity cost of the faculty members' time should come out of the administrator's budget." - Kevin L

"Zoran was close to mine. I think simply "Contra Krugman" is short, sweet, descriptive, and still alliterative. It has been used as a title for some blog articles (including Mises Daily back in 1998), but I didn't find any series by that name. The downside is that it may be a mouthful to say out loud." - Kevin L