It’s pretty obvious: because it would undermine their entire philosophy.

And no, there is no debate among researchers over the genetic, race and class composition of IQ.

That debate is only conducted among the political class.

Conservatives observe natural laws. [...]

Break up the eurozone. That’s what should be done.

Why create another even more totalitarian bureaucracy that abuses our freedoms in europe to match the one in the USA?

The west is special because no one was unable to consolidate [...]

Paul Quotes David Frum saying:

Backed by their own wing of the book-publishing industry and supported by think tanks that increasingly function as public-relations agencies, conservatives have built a whole alternative knowledge system, with its own facts, its own history, [...]

On the Economist’s View, a Dr Why, a commenter says
In the United States, countercyclical fiscal and monetary policies redistribute income mainly from the rich to the poor, which is politically acceptable. In Europe, countercyclical policies also redistribute income [...]

On Worthwhile Canadian Initiative, Nick Rowe asks “Why isn’t NGDP targeting a lefty thing?” and asks why the right seems to support it, instead of supporting inflation targeting.

My reply was:

Nick,

I think you miss the point that from [...]

Predicting Bubbles on Modeled Behavior:

I think we can see and measure booms and bubbles. I just think we’re lying to ourselves when we say we want to stop them.

We WANT people to live beyond their equilibrial (‘natural’) [...]

The assertion that Europe’s crisis proves that the welfare state doesn’t work comes from many Republicans. … The idea, presumably, is that the crisis countries are in trouble because they’re groaning under the burden of high government spending. But .. [...]

from Modeled Behavior on the Jobs Report

…here is the long-run trend on private sector service sector employment.

Notice that its just as strong as the last recovery though coming sooner. Not quite as strong as [...]