Archive for October, 2008
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Come hear me sing with OV tonight at AvantGarden
Modern Opera for Modern Times!
Event: Les Chansons Macabres
Date/Time: October 31, 2008 at 9:00PM
Location: AvantGarden, 411 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX 77006
Price: Suggested donation of $10
Opera Vista Presents Les Chansons Macabres Halloween Night
Start your Halloween at AvantGarden with Opera Vista’s Les Chansons Macabres, featuring special guest actor Mischa Hutchings from Nova Arts Project. [...]
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
The Rules of the Game (by Russell Roberts)
The Rules of the Game (by Russell Roberts):
Bob Higgs claims that “regime uncertainty,” the uncertainty about the rules of the game, is what made the New Deal so ineffective. Because business didn’t know what the government was going to do next, people were hesitant to invest and take risk in the 1930s. It’s possible but [...]
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Free Taco at Taco Bell today 2-6
Taco Bell: Steal A Base, Steal A Taco | MLB.com: Fan Forum
Because there was a stolen base in last nights World Series game, Taco Bell is giving away tacos today.
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
It was all hogwash
Reason: Is it Too Late for a Do-Over?:
“Three scholars associated with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis decided to do a little quick fact-checking of “widely held claims about the nature of the [financial] crisis and the associated spillovers to the rest of the economy,” and put their findings in a new working paper [PDF]. [...]
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
This will only appeal to a select few, but to they will enjoy it immensely
somehedgehog: Adventuring Party Politics: The Campaign is Getting Ugly
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
The Government Is Contributing to the Panic – WSJ.com
The Government Is Contributing to the Panic – WSJ.com:
The solutions being implemented also send the message that resources devoted to risk management are wasted. All of these plans reward the financial institutions that acted like lemmings by chasing the mortgage-related debt bubble rather than rewarding the financial institutions that exercised restraint and risk avoidance and [...]
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Hard to Get Anything Done with Divided Government
Hard to Get Anything Done with Divided Government:
But perhaps we should rethink “gridlock”. I would argue that the Clinton “success” was due in large part to “gridlock” rather than in spite of it because Clinton wasn’t able to pass some of the more egregious public policies that would pervert incentives, distort information, and stifle [...]
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Cafe Hayek: Laissez Faire to Blame?
Cafe Hayek: Laissez Faire to Blame?:
To blame laissez faire for today’s economic crisis is akin to blaming the human body’s natural and normal functioning for the illness suffered by someone who’s overdosing on heroin.
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
The Triumph of Politics over Economics
The Triumph of Politics over Economics:
Not much more to be said about the bailout bill going into law. Load it up with lots of goodies and you can buy lots of votes. Keep stoking the fires of “crisis” while you do to make sure the public is sufficiently confused. End result? [...]
