Being in an ideological minority creates incentives for greater intellectual care; Henderson argues he keeps analysis and ideology more separate than many other libertarians and than liberal-left economists precisely because so many people will jump on him if he says something he can't justify.

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David Henderson

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because I'm in a minority I have to be very careful about this because there are so many people who will jump on me

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David Henderson on Disagreeable Economists 7/30/2007EconTalk
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