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Bryan Caplan

Professor of economics at George Mason University and author of the Bet On It newsletter.

5 books on the record · 4 Feb 2025 – 19 Aug 2026 · @bryan_caplan

The bar next to each date shows how long ago it was said: 6d is days, 4yr is years.

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Modern Times by Paul Johnson

I’ve loved it since I was a teenager, but professional historians typically rolled their eyes in disdain when I mentioned it.

on betonit.ai · 19 Aug 2026

loved it

For a New Liberty by Murray Rothbard

This is the chapter that has literally converted thousands of highly intelligent, economically informed people to anarcho-capitalism.

on betonit.ai · 15 May 2026

loved it

For a New Liberty by Murray Rothbard

In all honesty, I think that these are the best eight pages of economics I’ve ever read.

on betonit.ai · 17 Apr 2026

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Progressive Myths by Michael Huemer

I recently interviewed Mike Huemer on his new Progressive Myths. To repeat, I consider it “the best book on wokeness.” You know you’re reading a special book by page 3

on betonit.ai · 4 Feb 2025

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That little bar

It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.