When Econ Bloggers Changed My Mind

Noah Smith started this game.

Don Boudreaux convinced me that respect for political leaders is a cultural bug, not a feature.

Robin Hanson convinced me that things are not what they seem.

Scott Sumner convinced me that low nominal interest rates are not a sign of easy money.

Tyler Cowen convinced me that Fischer Black had useful things to say about macroeconomics, and also to think about the question

Is the financial crisis — which is rapidly becoming the “real economy” crisis — somehow the “dual” of the socialist calculation problem?

Bryan Caplan convinced me that immigration is a fundamentally important issue.