Archive - Professor Tim Kane

September 2025

Socrates v. Adam Smith

Back in 2016, I scribbled an essay that led to my current book project on my old blog called “The Paradox of Value.” Here it is …

Sep 25 •

What caused Charlie Kirk's assassination?

(a) Social Media (b) Cancel Culture (c) The Left (d) All of the Above

Sep 17 •

What if Behavioral Economics is Wrong?

Prospect Theory melts in the face of my empirical chocolate experiment

Sep 16 •

Answer to the Prospect Theory challenge

Most humans irrationally choose greater risk of losses

Sep 16 •

Help me challenge Prospect Theory

Test yourself: Will you behave like the Nobel Prize winners expect?

Sep 15 •

Han Shot First: mixed signals during Covid

Taking a close look at how the BLS data performed in 2020

Sep 8 •

Pulse of U.S. Employment

Here are the key facts as of Septemeber 2025 & a revisit to my "mixed signals" research of 2004.

Sep 7 •

Politics Guys Podcast ~ Tim Kane co-hosting today

I joined Mike Baranowski on the Politics Guys podcast today and will be joining them once a month for a while.

Sep 7 •

Video Post ~ School Shooting Misinformation, Inc.

Free for all, including nonsubscribers

Sep 4 •

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