HELP! I need to reinforce my personal bias!
September 25, 2008 by elcap
The finance markets are going crazy and I need to know what to think. I’m a libertarian, so I’ve got to find information that will reinforce my preexisting worldview. Now, if I was a liberal, I’d read the New York Times to confirm my belief that the problem was too little regulation and oversight. And then I’d have the Huffington Post tell me that the free market has been incompetently running wild for the past decade like a toddler.
But I’m not a liberal. So I need Tyler Cowen to explain why the problem was actually heavy regulation and dysfunctional government. And I need Cato to blame Congress. And I need to listen to Arnold Kling say this:
If I were liberal, I’d soon be convinced the problem was the free market and Republicans. But since I’m a libertarian, I know better. Right?
