On December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one
of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel
Prize-winning economist Gary S. Becker and renowned jurist and
legal scholar Richard A. Posner announced the formation of the
Becker-Posner Blog.
In no time, the blog had established a wide readership and
reputation as a reliable source of lively, thought-provoking
commentary on current events, its pithy and profound weekly essays
highlighting the value of economic reasoning when applied to
unexpected topics. Uncommon Sense gathers the most important and
innovative entries from the blog, arranged by topic, along with
updates and even reconsiderations when subsequent events have shed
new light on a question. Whether it's Posner making the economic
case for the legalization of gay marriage, Becker arguing in favor
of the sale of human organs for transplant, or even the pair of
scholars vigorously disagreeing about the utility of collective
punishment, the writing is always clear, the interplay energetic,
and the resulting discussion deeply informed and intellectually
substantial.
To have a single thinker of the stature of a Becker or Posner
addressing questions of this nature would make for fascinating
reading; to have both, writing and responding to each other, is an
exceptionally rare treat. With Uncommon Sense, they invite the
adventurous reader to join them on a whirlwind intellectual
journey. All they ask is that you leave your preconceptions
behind.
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