Archive for December, 2008
Friday, December 26th, 2008
You Say Communism, I Say the Ism That Made Me Rich
You Say Communism, I Say the Ism That Made Me Rich:
Those of us who aren’t quite ready to abolish the state tend to be in favor of a more limited, and much more smart, set of clear rules that are based largely on transparency, cost-benefit-analysis, and fairness (i.e., so that the system can’t be gamed [...]
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
“A Real Regulator”
“A Real Regulator” (Jim Harper, Cato-at-liberty):
Sunday’s Meet the Press had a fascinating colloquy on securities regulation, revealing Washington’s immense capacity for self-deception.
David Gregory set up the story, on which CNBC’s Erin Burnett commented:
MR. GREGORY: . . . I want to stay in New York and something else that has rocked Wall Street beyond the economy, [...]
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
The Brains of TSA, by David Henderson
The Brains of TSA, by David Henderson:
Lesley Stahl did a moderately good job on “60 Minutes” this evening in her story on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Why good and why just moderate? Good for two reasons. First, she actually interviewed a critic who pointed out the basic fact of substitution: when [...]
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008
The government says it, so it must be true
Gas in the Digestive Tract:
However, most people do not realize that passing gas 14 to 23 times a day is normal.
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
“Oh, but he’s different”
From Steve Horwitz at The Austrian Economists. This was worth quoting in its entirety.
“Oh, but he’s different”:
“Oh, but he’s different”
The Austrian Economists 12/9/08 12:55 PM Steve Horwitz
So the big news today is that the governor of Illinois has been caught doing explicitly what most politicians do with more subtlety every single day: selling off [...]
