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Daniel Mitchell: The Consumer Spending Fallacy behind Keynesian Economics
By Daniel J. Mitchell I’m understandably fond of my video exposing the flaws of Keynesian stimulus theory, but I think my former intern has an excellent contribution to the debate with this new 5-minute mini-documentary. The main insight of the … Continue reading
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Improve your photography with clasical art.
Improve your photography with clasical art. Neat little how-to to add some ‘oomph’ to pics using Photoshop and great paintings, from James Delaney of Austin. (ht bb)
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Sir Mix-a-Lot à la G&S
If you don’t already know the song, a warning: the lyrics are slightly risqué, but, boy, is it funny! It’s by a guy named Mike Hightower in Chicago.
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Let there be (green) light?
Home Depot – Free Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs on Earth Day: Head over to Home Depot on Earth Day, April 22, 2007 for a free Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb. That single lightbulb will use 75% less energy, and last up to 10 … Continue reading
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If I knew about this type of research, I would have become a scientist
The Perfect Bacon Sandwich Decoded: Crisp and Crunchy – New York Times Researchers at Leeds University spent more than 1,000 hours testing 700 variants on the traditional bacon sandwich….
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Why the trade deficit doesn’t matter
Cafe Hayek: The Economic Meaninglessness of Political Borders: Sheldon Richman, of the Foundation for Economic Education, firmly grasps what Adam Smith meant when that Great Scot wrote in The Wealth of Nations the following wise words: In the foregoing Part … Continue reading
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Turning Ethiopia into the breadbasket of East Africa
Market approach recasts often-hungry Ethiopia as potential bread basket | csmonitor.com From famine under socialism to becoming a grain exporter under the free market.
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Wheel of Food
Wheel of Food: David Pescovitz: Unsure of where to go for lunch? Spin the Wheel of Food, a silly-fun interface for Yahoo! Local created by Jim Bumgardner. (He also made a Wheel of YouTube and lots of other experimental interfaces … Continue reading
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