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Re:Ask HN: Why isn’t finance a part of the core curriculum a... by lostdog on Saturday October 24, 2020 @04:48PM (#24881857)
Caplan is very right wing ("the homeless still smile!"). The talk was still okish, but the points of view come from one side and could use some balance.

Blaming poverty on "impulsive sex" and leaving blameless the policies of limiting birth control and freedom of choice is a pretty myopic point of view.

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Re:Ask HN: Why isn’t finance a part of the core curriculum a... by BurningFrog on Saturday October 24, 2020 @05:34PM (#24882120)
Caplan is a libertarian.

You'll never see anything like his pro open borders book from the right wing:

https://www.amazon.com/Open-Borders-Science-Ethics-Immigrati...

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Re:Ask HN: Why isn’t finance a part of the core curriculum a... by Broken_Hippo on Saturday October 24, 2020 @07:31PM (#24882729)
A fair amount of libertarians are right wing. This is true even if one supports something or another that happens to not be stereotypically right wing.
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Re:Ask HN: Why isn’t finance a part of the core curriculum a... by BurningFrog on Saturday October 24, 2020 @08:43PM (#24883006)
Broadly, libertarians agree with the right on economics and the left on social issues.
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