[stein1946]

A quick glance on who Luis Garicano is tells me all I need to know about these pieces.

Economics @ University of Chicago Professor @ LSE

Various memberships at pro American institutions

Expect deregulation narratives, freemarketeering dogmas and how lobbying is actually good for democracy.

[zermelo]

A quick glance on who Isaac Newton is tells me all I need to know about these pieces. Physics @ Trinity College @ Royal Society

Various memberships at pro Science institutions

Expect inertia narratives, gravity dogmas and... wait, do you believe economics science is pro lobbying?

[alephnerd]

You do realize that Luis Garicano was an MEP who was the vice-chair of the RenewEurope [0] coalition and is a member of the pro-EU think tanks CEPR [1] and Bruegel [2] right?

If there is an academic you want to listen to in order to understand how to better reform the EU's institutions, it's definitely Luis.

[0] - https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197554/LUIS_GARICANO/...

[1] - https://cepr.org/about/people/luis-garicano

[2] - https://www.bruegel.org/people/luis-garicano

[mediaman]

A person who chooses to evaluate all ideas by way of their source tells me all I need to know about their opinion.

[emtel]

What a small and dreary way to look at the world

[kaonwarb]

The biography of the author is interesting and relevant, but hardly all that matters about this or any other writing.