I am tempted to say the stuff on open borders and immigration, because the welfare effects of increased immigration are much higher than anything else I’ve worked on. But realistically, it’s difficult to change people’s minds even when you give them overwhelming evidence.
The work I did with Peter Jaworski on taboo markets seems persuasive to most people who encounter it. If people followed our advice, we’d save tens of thousands of lives per year in the US. But then the issue is that even if you agree with us, it’s not like you can personally legalize kidney markets or other needed markets.
That’s kind of the problem with much of my work. It’s about politics, institutions, and policy. Even when there’s good advice, it’s not like readers have the power to act on it, and the people in power have little incentive to do what’s right.
I am tempted to say the stuff on open borders and immigration, because the welfare effects of increased immigration are much higher than anything else I’ve worked on. But realistically, it’s difficult to change people’s minds even when you give them overwhelming evidence.
The work I did with Peter Jaworski on taboo markets seems persuasive to most people who encounter it. If people followed our advice, we’d save tens of thousands of lives per year in the US. But then the issue is that even if you agree with us, it’s not like you can personally legalize kidney markets or other needed markets.
That’s kind of the problem with much of my work. It’s about politics, institutions, and policy. Even when there’s good advice, it’s not like readers have the power to act on it, and the people in power have little incentive to do what’s right.