The American Scene

An ongoing review of politics and culture


Articles by Jim Manzi

2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

2012

January

18
New Ventures, Too by Jim Manzi
11
Romney & Bain: Intention versus Method by Jim Manzi
Re: Apple’s Cash by Jim Manzi
10
Blogging About Business versus Doing Business by Jim Manzi
04
Antitrust as Self Medication by Jim Manzi

2011

December

21
Re: Gene to Phene by Jim Manzi
20
What Is a Gene “For” by Jim Manzi
16
Storytime with Joseph Stiglitz by Jim Manzi
07
How Elite Business Recruiting Really Works by Jim Manzi

November

30
Nobody Ever Went Broke with Money in the Bank by Jim Manzi
28
Re: Wealth, Innovation and "Job Creation" by Jim Manzi
24
Do Job Creators Matter? by Jim Manzi
23
Lean Six Sigma as a Risky Dog-Whistle for Gingrich by Jim Manzi
22
Back Off Man, We’re Scientists by Jim Manzi

September

15
Me, Inc. by Jim Manzi

August

24
The Boundaries of Science by Jim Manzi

June

28
“I just stay in bed if no one calls me” by Jim Manzi
24
A U.S. Manufacturing Strategy, Part 2 by Jim Manzi
23
A U.S. Manufacturing Strategy, Part 1 by Jim Manzi
22
Re: Goodbye H&H by Jim Manzi
06
The GM Bailout and Telepathic Dogs by Jim Manzi
02
The Inherently Ideological Evaluation of the GM Bailout by Jim Manzi

May

20
The Generally Sensible Parisian reaction to DSK by Jim Manzi

April

29
A Moment of Communion with Paul Krugman by Jim Manzi
26
A Gas Tax: Number vs. Words, ctd. by Jim Manzi
25
A (Very Qualified) Defense of Some Corporate Jargon by Jim Manzi
A Gas Tax: Numbers vs. Words by Jim Manzi
18
A Very Good Question about Our National Debt by Jim Manzi
15
Controlling the National Debt: Chess, Not Checkers by Jim Manzi
04
It’s a Jersey Thing by Jim Manzi

March

22
I Don’t Think These Count by Jim Manzi
21
We Would Lose an Arms Race with the Whole World by Jim Manzi
19
Jim and Noah’s Excellent Adventure, Part 1 by Jim Manzi
18
Is Economics a Science? by Jim Manzi
17
Common Misconceptions of Economists by Jim Manzi
04
Would Universal Healthcare Coverage Actually Improve Health? by Jim Manzi

February

25
How Can We Know What Public Sector Wages Should Be? by Jim Manzi
23
Are Wisconsin Public Sector Workers Underpaid?, ctd. by Jim Manzi
22
Are Wisconsin Public Employees Underpaid? by Jim Manzi
15
Against the Negative Income Tax by Jim Manzi
09
The Eternal Sunshine of the Entrepreneurial Mind by Jim Manzi
Re: Evaluating Teachers by Jim Manzi
07
Some Unsettling Observations about Teacher Evaluations by Jim Manzi

2010

December

13
Unbundle the Welfare State by Jim Manzi
09
Can We Prove That Marriage Improves Behavior? by Jim Manzi
07
A Reply to Noah Millman by Jim Manzi
06
Science, History and Economics by Jim Manzi

November

22
Economics and Abstraction, ctd. by Jim Manzi
19
Economics and Abstraction, ctd. by Jim Manzi
18
Economics and Abstraction by Jim Manzi

October

29
Re: The “Liberal Gene” by Jim Manzi
26
Our So-Called Experts by Jim Manzi
20
Has Medical Science Discovered Anything Useful? by Jim Manzi
18
X Is Used to Represent an Unknown by Jim Manzi
13
Just a Mess by Jim Manzi

September

27
Cheeseburger in Parisdise by Jim Manzi

August

24
Stimulus Debate with Jon Chait by Jim Manzi
19
Stimulus Humility by Jim Manzi
04
Round-Up of Some Reactions to Experiments and Social Science by Jim Manzi
03
Knowledge and Prejudice by Jim Manzi
02
Putting Social Science Claims to the Test: Stimulus Edition by Jim Manzi
Re: Innovation and the Gas Tax by Jim Manzi

July

29
Re: Innovation Is the Only Answer by Jim Manzi
26
Ross Douthat and the Fight Against Cap-and-Trade by Jim Manzi
19
John Zogby's Open Letter to Nate Silver by Jim Manzi
15
Climate Storm by Jim Manzi

June

24
In-House Critic by Jim Manzi
14
Career Choices by Jim Manzi
07
Four Excellent Ideas on Education, but How Do We Make Them Happen? by Jim Manzi

April

28
The Non-Paradox of Choice by Jim Manzi
26
Esther Duflo and the Experimental Revolution in Social Science by Jim Manzi
Re: Reply to Jim Manzi by Jim Manzi
22
Re: The Real Epistemic Closure by Jim Manzi
21
Liberty and Tyranny and Epistemic Closure by Jim Manzi
20
Krugman on Climate III: Resorting to Pascal’s Wager by Jim Manzi
19
Krugman on Climate II: Assuming a Can Opener by Jim Manzi
Employers versus Colleges by Jim Manzi
18
James et Jim by Jim Manzi
16
Krugman on Climate I: The Cost – Benefit Analysis by Jim Manzi

January

29
Delayed Reaction to the State of the Union by Jim Manzi
21
President Obama’s Excellent New Banking Proposal by Jim Manzi
20
The Implications of Massachusetts by Jim Manzi
13
Omnibus Reply to Criticisms of Keeping America’s Edge UPDATE by Jim Manzi
Omnibus Reply to Criticisms of Keeping America’s Edge by Jim Manzi
11
Keeping America’s Edge, Yet Again by Jim Manzi
08
Keeping America’s Edge, ctd. 2 by Jim Manzi
07
Keeping America’s Edge, ctd. by Jim Manzi
06
More Reactions to Keeping America’s Edge by Jim Manzi

2009

December

30
More on Keeping America's Edge by Jim Manzi
19
In a Land without Minarets by Jim Manzi
14
Keeping America's Edge by Jim Manzi
12
Hot Air on Climategate and Copenhagen by Jim Manzi

November

25
Hacked Climate Science Emails by Jim Manzi
09
Climate Change Discussion by Jim Manzi

October

20
Whistling Past the Graveyard by Jim Manzi

September

26
Paul Krugman. Pot. Kettle. Black. by Jim Manzi
17
Talk vs. Action by Jim Manzi
11
Does Evolution Preclude Teleology? by Jim Manzi
08
Why Don't I Get It on Evolution? by Jim Manzi
07
In Defense of Jim Manzi against Jerry Coyne by Jim Manzi
03
The Paradox of Libertarianism by Jim Manzi
02
In Defense of Robert Wright against Jerry Coyne by Jim Manzi
01
The Socialism Implicit in the Social Cost of Carbon by Jim Manzi

August

31
Does Universal Health Care Reduce Employment? by Jim Manzi
What I Didn't Do on My Summer Vacation: Blog by Jim Manzi

July

25
Has Global warming Stopped?, ctd. by Jim Manzi
24
Has Global Warming Stopped? by Jim Manzi
15
Is Inequality a Problem? by Jim Manzi
14
Bienvenue, ctd. by Jim Manzi
That Dog Schwenkler Beat Me To It by Jim Manzi
09
Government Motors, ctd. by Jim Manzi
07
Models, Models Everywhere And No One Stops to Think by Jim Manzi

June

30
Money is Not the Measure of All Things by Jim Manzi
29
What Are The Stakes in The Climate Change Debate? by Jim Manzi
I'm Not Worthy by Jim Manzi
27
Re: What's The Point? by Jim Manzi
26
Re: How Much Would You Pay for Cap-and-Trade? by Jim Manzi
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information II by Jim Manzi
24
Dear Member of Congress: Why You Should Vote Against Waxman-Markey by Jim Manzi
23
Prediction Model Bias by Jim Manzi
Climate Change Back-and-Forth by Jim Manzi
22
Nice Try II, ctd. by Jim Manzi
Nice Try II by Jim Manzi
19
Nyet So Fast by Jim Manzi
18
The Deep Cynicism of Waxman-Markey by Jim Manzi
15
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Jim Manzi
11
C-Span Shows Horror Movie by Jim Manzi
09
Matt Yglesias, Making Sense by Jim Manzi
06
Knowledge is for Sissies by Jim Manzi
The Slow Road to Serfdom by Jim Manzi
05
Discount Rates and Academic Mau-Mauing by Jim Manzi
CEOs Matter by Jim Manzi
03
Liberty, Fraternity, Inequality by Jim Manzi
02
GM's Bankruptcy by Jim Manzi
01
Sotomayor, Wisdom and Context by Jim Manzi

May

29
Do Credit Cards Really Encourage Spending? by Jim Manzi
28
Credit Cards Don’t Kill Credit Ratings, People Do by Jim Manzi
27
Management by Headline II by Jim Manzi
22
Yet More on Waxman-Markey by Jim Manzi
21
The Emperor's New Cap-and-Trade Clothes by Jim Manzi
20
Responses on Waxman-Markey by Jim Manzi
CAFE and Climate Change: Nada by Jim Manzi
Waxman-Markey Cost-Benefit Analysis by Jim Manzi
19
Emissions Offsets by Jim Manzi
15
Carbon Tax Fantasies by Jim Manzi
I Believe Professor Krugman Is Wrong About Climate Change and China by Jim Manzi
11
Obesity, Time Spent Eating, and Storks Bringing Babies by Jim Manzi
03
President Obama and the Rule of Law by Jim Manzi

April

29
Against Waterboarding by Jim Manzi
27
Why Is Torture Wrong? by Jim Manzi
23
Re: Torture, Tactics, and Strategy, ctd. by Jim Manzi
22
Torture, Tactics and Strategy by Jim Manzi
18
Hong Kong: Prepare to Be Assimilated by Jim Manzi
05
The Multiverse, Intelligent Design and Science: Much Ado about Nothing by Jim Manzi
01
New Fusionism, ctd. by Jim Manzi

March

30
Management by FIAT by Jim Manzi
23
Looking Ahead by Jim Manzi
19
Konichiwa! by Jim Manzi
18
Emotions and Money Don’t Mix by Jim Manzi
17
The Way We Live Now II by Jim Manzi
13
Makes Me Say ‘Oh My Lord!’ by Jim Manzi
10
Fusionism Revisited by Jim Manzi
09
Taxes and Entrepreneurship and Causality by Jim Manzi
New Fusionism by Jim Manzi

February

20
Epistemological Modesty by Jim Manzi
19
Homogeneous Economicus by Jim Manzi
17
The IQ of Where to Be by Jim Manzi
Homogeneous Economicus by Jim Manzi
12
Families, Freedom and Responsibility by Jim Manzi
What Should We Do About The Stimulus? by Jim Manzi
10
Yes You Can by Jim Manzi
The Costanza-Hoover Principle by Jim Manzi
09
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Jim Manzi
06
Stimulus predictions: put up or shut up by Jim Manzi
04
Limits on Executive Comp: Where I Think We’re Headed by Jim Manzi
03
Popper is my homeboy: a manifesto by Jim Manzi
01
Science and Religion in The New Republic by Jim Manzi

January

28
Who would finance a camcorder in 2009? by Jim Manzi
The Phantom Menace by Jim Manzi
27
The European Social Welfare State Bill by Jim Manzi
23
Delayed Inaugural Reactions by Jim Manzi
20
His Initials are KSM by Jim Manzi
13
Who’s Fooling Who? by Jim Manzi
11
Conservative Renewal: A View from the UK by Jim Manzi
10
Unnatural Evolution by Jim Manzi
06
More Clinical Trials Blogging: Experiments, Causality and Decisions by Jim Manzi
05
Goose Sauce, Meet Gander Sauce by Jim Manzi
02
Foxes and Henhouses by Jim Manzi

2008

December

23
My Worst Blog Post of the Year by Jim Manzi
18
Thinking About the Bank Bailout by Jim Manzi
16
The Way We Live Now by Jim Manzi
15
No Free Lunch, Part 1 million by Jim Manzi
10
Simple Questions about the Auto Bailout by Jim Manzi
09
Is There a Good Auto Bailout? by Jim Manzi
04
GM’s Magical Thinking by Jim Manzi
02
Red Friday by Jim Manzi
01
Your Fist and My Nose by Jim Manzi

November

18
Factory Guy by Jim Manzi
17
Two Questions about the Motor City Shakedown by Jim Manzi
Detroit: Same Old, Same Old by Jim Manzi
14
That 70s Show by Jim Manzi
13
Bankruptcy for GM by Jim Manzi
11
Conservative Coalition-Building by Jim Manzi
07
More on Inequality by Jim Manzi
Re: Inequality by Jim Manzi
05
Overcome by Jim Manzi
04
Overcome by Jim Manzi

October

30
Still on Strike Against Campaign Blogging: Why It’s Plausible that Epistatic Interactions Are Complex and Central by Jim Manzi
The Campaign Is Too Depressing to Blog I: Dawkins by Jim Manzi
20
Chess, Not Checkers by Jim Manzi
14
So Simple a Caveman Could Do It by Jim Manzi
10
The Current Stock Market Decline… by Jim Manzi
06
Winning by Jim Manzi
03
Handicapping the Impact of the Bailout by Jim Manzi
01
Are Paulson and Bernanke Fear-Mongering? by Jim Manzi

September

30
Hot Air Again by Jim Manzi
29
The Bail-Out Vote by Jim Manzi
25
Are We living Through a Liberal Realignment? by Jim Manzi
22
What to Do Now? by Jim Manzi
19
Welcome to History by Jim Manzi
18
Goldstein, Genes and the Fatal Conceit by Jim Manzi
15
Big Enough to Fail by Jim Manzi
Do More Unequal Places Tend to Vote for Democrats? by Jim Manzi
10
McCain, Reagan and Greatness by Jim Manzi
08
Wilma Jennings Bryan by Jim Manzi
03
More on The Icarus Syndrome by Jim Manzi
02
More on Experience and Presidential Performance by Jim Manzi
01
The Icarus Syndrome by Jim Manzi

August

31
Experience and Presidential Performance by Jim Manzi
14
Hot Air by Jim Manzi
11
Brad DeLong Thinks Taxing An Activity Doesn't Discourage It: I'm Not Sure Why by Jim Manzi
08
Old School by Jim Manzi
07
Paris Hilton and Offshore Drilling by Jim Manzi
Drilling in ANWR by Jim Manzi
05
Wanna Buy a Watch? by Jim Manzi

July

31
High Taxes Kill Jobs by Jim Manzi
24
One Lesson from MoveOn by Jim Manzi
16
Oil: Are We In A Bubble? by Jim Manzi
15
The Luxurious Growth by Jim Manzi
Freeman Dyson's Got My Back by Jim Manzi
11
Chance and Necessity by Jim Manzi
08
The Wisdom of Craps by Jim Manzi
07
Nice Try by Jim Manzi
05
Shut Up and Eat Your Spinach by Jim Manzi

June

30
A Tricameral Legislature? by Jim Manzi
26
Re: We All Deserve to Die by Jim Manzi
25
Urban Schools by Jim Manzi
19
The Debate is Moving by Jim Manzi
18
Why Conservatives Are Going to Win on Global Warming by Jim Manzi
17
Scientific American and Climate Change II: Discounting by Jim Manzi
Scientific American and Climate Change I: Distributional Ethics by Jim Manzi
15
Liveblogging Heathrow, in spite of no real need for speed by Jim Manzi
14
A conservative, a liberal and a scientist walk into a bar by Jim Manzi
06
In Defense of a Small Town by Jim Manzi
03
Rent Control by Jim Manzi
02
Bienvenue! by Jim Manzi
Corzine to Mayberry: Drop Dead by Jim Manzi

May

28
Obamerica by Jim Manzi
23
Undetermined by Jim Manzi
22
Some Observation about Middle-Class Taxes by Jim Manzi
19
More Peak Oil by Jim Manzi
Peak Oil Hysteria by Jim Manzi
16
Conservatives and Gay Marriage by Jim Manzi
12
Is Harvard Just a Tax-Free Hedge Fund? by Jim Manzi
08
Zakaria II: Am I Crazy? by Jim Manzi
07
A Post-American World? by Jim Manzi
02
Show Me the Science by Jim Manzi

April

30
Can The Optimum Carbon Tax Possibly Be Zero? by Jim Manzi
22
Hotheads by Jim Manzi
14
Don’t Disperse Me Bro by Jim Manzi
13
Formalism Still Running Amok by Jim Manzi
11
New Jersey and Yon, Perfect Together by Jim Manzi
10
Storks Bring Babies by Jim Manzi
09
Family Feud by Jim Manzi
03
Huh? by Jim Manzi
Libertarian Paternalism by Jim Manzi
02
Hate the Game, Not the Player by Jim Manzi

March

31
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio by Jim Manzi
26
Half-Truth by Jim Manzi
20
The Martingale’s Song by Jim Manzi
17
Picking Up Nickels in Front of a Steamroller by Jim Manzi
14
More on Prostitution and the Law by Jim Manzi
10
Completely Objective Journalism by Jim Manzi
07
Involved by Jim Manzi
06
Legacy of Anecdotes by Jim Manzi
05
McCain’s Excellent Speech by Jim Manzi
04
Conservatives and Libertarians by Jim Manzi
01
Fingerprints by Jim Manzi

February

26
Why Do You Think They Call It Data Mining? by Jim Manzi
25
Democracy and Objectivity by Jim Manzi
06
So What Are People Who Analogize Politicians to Technology? by Jim Manzi
Liberal Fascism by Jim Manzi

January

28
The Ecology Narrative by Jim Manzi
22
Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust by Jim Manzi
17
Calling George Orwell by Jim Manzi
16
Mitt Romney and Industrial Policy by Jim Manzi
Will Ferrell: L’Etranger by Jim Manzi
Pinker: I Don’t Get It by Jim Manzi
11
Who Wants Some Votes In Michigan? by Jim Manzi
10
God and Darwin by Jim Manzi
08
Pride Goes Before The Fall by Jim Manzi
07
Rational Energy Policy I by Jim Manzi
05
Coalition Politics by Jim Manzi
04
Weitzman: Formalism Run Amok by Jim Manzi
03
The Wire: Life Doesn’t Imitate Art by Jim Manzi

2007

December

31
Discounting Discounting by Jim Manzi
18
Why Are CEOs So Underpaid? by Jim Manzi
14
Emissions Equity by Jim Manzi
11
My Newfound Sympathy for David Gergen by Jim Manzi
05
Dawkins Wants It Both Ways by Jim Manzi
Coase Club by Jim Manzi

November

30
Why I Oppose a Carbon Tax by Jim Manzi
29
culture g by Jim Manzi
27
Where’s The Beef? by Jim Manzi
21
Does Moral History Have A Direction? by Jim Manzi