The law of diminishing returns means that even the most beneficial prinicple will become harmful if carried far enough.

The law of diminishing returns means that even the most beneficial prinicple will become harmful if carried far enough.

Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.

The way to get people's votes is to say that all their problems are caused by other people, and that you will stop those other people from giving them trouble. But if you really want to help, then you can tell them the truth and risk losing their votes.

Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our public schools could just achieve mediocrity.

Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits. All are subject to diminishing returns, and ultimately negative returns.

Subsidies are a shell game, not a net addition to national wealth.