Marshall van Alstyne's recent article makes a strong case for attention bonds as a Coasean-based solution to the spam problem. Unfortunately, zombies and trojan horses may make it infeasible.

Bryan Caplan's equation of the uninformed or misinformed voter with an irrational voter is unjustified, and does not invalidate a rational voter model, according to Jamus Lim of the World Bank.

Marshall van Alstyne's recent article makes a strong case for attention bonds as a Coasean-based solution to the spam problem. Unfortunately, zombies and trojan horses may make it infeasible.

Bryan Caplan's equation of the uninformed or misinformed voter with an irrational voter is unjustified, and does not invalidate a rational voter model, according to Jamus Lim of the World Bank.