Dec 25, 2018Constitutionalism--Of its Virtues and VicesLike all human artifacts, constitutions reflect the limits of the human mind, limits of foresight and of moral judgment.
Dec 12, 2018Institutions + TheoryWhat we should really want is both institutions and theory--not only pure economic theory informed by the existence of specific institutions
Dec 11, 2018Abstract Models and Human BehaviorA precisive abstraction is one in which certain actual characteristics are specified as absent, while a nonprecisive abstraction is one in w
Dec 1, 2018Bounded RationalityBecause deliberation taxes our mental energy and time, we rely on mental and operational shortcuts--or heuristics.