Bryan Caplan
Economics professor at George Mason University and author of The Myth of the Rational Voter, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, The Case Against Education and Open Borders. Writes Bet On It.
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Bet On ItNewsletter Their newsletter on economics, education and open borders. Has a feed.
Posts most days on labour economics, the signalling model of education, immigration and the bets they will take on any of it. Continues the blog of the same name they wrote at EconLog.
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- High Agency is High Variance 31 Aug 2026
- AMA Today at 5PM ET 28 Aug 2026
- The Externalities of Airports and Immigrants 27 Aug 2026
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- CDs vs. NIMBY 26 Aug 2026
- Krakowski, Claude, and *Modern Times* 25 Aug 2026
- Libertarianism Against Cultural Conservatism: A Refresher 24 Aug 2026
- *Modern Times*: The Ultimate Fact Check 21 Aug 2026
- Assessing *Modern Times* 19 Aug 2026
- Grokking My Essence 18 Aug 2026
- I Stopped Being a Libertarian Because I Realized the Sky is Blue 6 Aug 2026
- The Ambition Project 4 Aug 2026
- "If I'm Really Honest" 3 Aug 2026
- How Socialist Were the Nazis Really? 23 Jul 2026
- America's National Mood Was OK in 1988-1991 21 Jul 2026
- Berkeley Bonus Meet-up Wednesday 20 Jul 2026
- Upcoming Events 16 Jul 2026
- Nazi Economics: Ideas and Policies 15 Jul 2026
- He's Got My Vote: An Atypically Productive Exchange on the UBI 14 Jul 2026
- The Best Thing About Wokeness 13 Jul 2026
- Nazism and Economic Freedom 9 Jul 2026
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@bryan_caplanx.com Short-form, and where the bets get offered.
Short-form economics, the standing offers to bet on public claims, and where new Bet On It posts are announced.
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- Why do smart people believe in UFOs and AI doom but no other conspiracy theories? Their youthful consumption of sci-fi has made them pathologically open-minded… 1 Sept 2026
- At minimum, 40% of the IQ gap between Sweden and the Third World is environmental. I can't honestly say 100%. But people talking as if the data support 0% are… 1 Sept 2026
- In Sweden, international adoptees (except Koreans) have markedly lower IQ than native-born Swedes, even when they're adopted at birth. But kids internationally… 1 Sept 2026
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- "Why pointless? Because any professor who did pickpocket his students would probably not be dissuaded by a training seminar. Wrong-doers already know the rules… 1 Sept 2026
- "Dedicated to every less-than-horrible educator currently suffering through inane mandatory annual 'trainings.'" 1 Sept 2026
- "But @catehall's obviously high IQ, she chose 3 years of self-destruction, and though she’s an outlier, she’s not that extreme of an outlier. The main segment… 31 Aug 2026
- "Hall repeatedly talks about the lame excuses people make for failing to do good things. I submit she should apply exactly the same skepticism to excuses peopl… 31 Aug 2026
- Educational austerity now. 31 Aug 2026
- The truth-in-advertising slogan of immigration restrictionists is "Misanthropy first." 30 Aug 2026
- It's bizarre to see people with deep antipathy for most of the native-born population opposing immigrants who "don't share our values." 30 Aug 2026
- Here's a meritocratic case for open borders from *Open Borders*. 28 Aug 2026
- C.H.U.D. is actually a pretty fun movie. 28 Aug 2026
- I wish! 28 Aug 2026
- AMA today. 28 Aug 2026
- Epicurus remains unsurpassed in logic and brevity. -- Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? The… 27 Aug 2026
- "All models are wrong, but some are useful" is as misleading as saying "The store is 1.0 miles away" is false because it's actually 1.0349509339 miles away. Sa… 27 Aug 2026
- "All models are wrong, but some are useful" is the most pernicious of equivocations. If you mean, "All models are TOTALLY wrong, but some are useful," that's c… 27 Aug 2026
- Best one-sided video ever. 27 Aug 2026
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- Why do smart people believe in UFOs and AI doom but no other conspiracy theories? Their youthful consumption of sci-fi has made them pathologically open-minded… 1 Sept
- At minimum, 40% of the IQ gap between Sweden and the Third World is environmental. I can't honestly say 100%. But people talking as if the data support 0% are… 1 Sept
- In Sweden, international adoptees (except Koreans) have markedly lower IQ than native-born Swedes, even when they're adopted at birth. But kids internationally… 1 Sept
- "Why pointless? Because any professor who did pickpocket his students would probably not be dissuaded by a training seminar. Wrong-doers already know the rules… 1 Sept
- "Dedicated to every less-than-horrible educator currently suffering through inane mandatory annual 'trainings.'" 1 Sept
- "But @catehall's obviously high IQ, she chose 3 years of self-destruction, and though she’s an outlier, she’s not that extreme of an outlier. The main segment… 31 Aug
Show 24 more
- "Hall repeatedly talks about the lame excuses people make for failing to do good things. I submit she should apply exactly the same skepticism to excuses peopl… 31 Aug
- Educational austerity now. 31 Aug
- High Agency is High Variance 31 Aug
- The truth-in-advertising slogan of immigration restrictionists is "Misanthropy first." 30 Aug
- It's bizarre to see people with deep antipathy for most of the native-born population opposing immigrants who "don't share our values." 30 Aug
- Here's a meritocratic case for open borders from *Open Borders*. 28 Aug
- C.H.U.D. is actually a pretty fun movie. 28 Aug
- I wish! 28 Aug
- AMA today. 28 Aug
- AMA Today at 5PM ET 28 Aug
- Epicurus remains unsurpassed in logic and brevity. -- Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? The… 27 Aug
- The Externalities of Airports and Immigrants 27 Aug
- CDs vs. NIMBY 26 Aug
- Krakowski, Claude, and *Modern Times* 25 Aug
- Libertarianism Against Cultural Conservatism: A Refresher 24 Aug
- *Modern Times*: The Ultimate Fact Check 21 Aug
- Assessing *Modern Times* 19 Aug
- Grokking My Essence 18 Aug
- I Stopped Being a Libertarian Because I Realized the Sky is Blue 6 Aug
- The Ambition Project 4 Aug
- "If I'm Really Honest" 3 Aug
- How Socialist Were the Nazis Really? 23 Jul
- America's National Mood Was OK in 1988-1991 21 Jul
- Berkeley Bonus Meet-up Wednesday 20 Jul