A fascinating map of the world’s most and least racially tolerant countries
Posted: May 16, 2013 Filed under: Race Leave a comment »Can Economics Save The African Rhino?
Posted: May 16, 2013 Filed under: Endangered Species Leave a comment »http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/05/15/184135826/can-economics-save-the-african-rhino
Now Venezuela is running out of toilet paper – WCBD-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Charleston, SC
Posted: May 16, 2013 Filed under: Price Controls, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://www.counton2.com/story/22267795/now-venezuela-is-running-out-of-toilet-paper
Why Humans Took Up Farming: They Like To Own Stuff
Posted: May 15, 2013 Filed under: History, Property Rights Leave a comment »Private Schools in Developing Countries
Posted: May 13, 2013 Filed under: Private Schools Leave a comment »Should We End the Fed? | LearnLiberty
Posted: May 9, 2013 Filed under: Federal Reserve, Uncategorized Leave a comment »
Quotation of the Day…
Posted: May 5, 2013 Filed under: Charity, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Quotation of the Day…
Housing Crisis
Posted: May 2, 2013 Filed under: Financial Crisis, Housing Bubble Leave a comment »http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=20937
The Poverty of Communitarianism
Posted: May 2, 2013 Filed under: Communitarian Leave a comment »http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.2027/article_detail.asp
Did the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Lead to Risky Lending?
Posted: May 1, 2013 Filed under: Financial Crisis, Home Ownership, Housing Bubble, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://divisionoflabour.com/archives/2013_05.php#008186
Taylor on monetary policy
Posted: April 30, 2013 Filed under: Monetary Policy, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Taylor on monetary policy
Washington Post
Posted: April 28, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Daniel J. Smith
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Sports Cronyism: The NFL and Other Pro Leagues are Tax Exempt
Posted: April 27, 2013 Filed under: Cronyism, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sports Cronyism: The NFL and Other Pro Leagues are Tax Exempt
The Logical Conclusion of Groupthink
Posted: April 27, 2013 Filed under: Culture, National Identity, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
The Logical Conclusion of Groupthink
Even Socialist Countries Don’t Tax the Rich as Much as We Do
Posted: April 25, 2013 Filed under: Taxes, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you by Dan via Google Reader:
Even Socialist Countries Don’t Tax the Rich as Much as We Do
Who Pays for Obesity?
Posted: April 23, 2013 Filed under: Health Care, Obesity Leave a comment »Adult obesity is a growing problem. From 1962 to 2006, obesity prevalence nearly tripled to 35.1 percent of adults. The rising prevalence of obesity is not limited to a particular socioeconomic group and is not unique to the United States. Should this widespread obesity epidemic be a cause for alarm? From a personal health perspective, the answer is an emphatic “yes.” But when it comes to justifications of public policy for reducing obesity, the analysis becomes more complex. A common starting point is the assertion that those who are obese impose higher health costs on the rest of the population—a statement which is then taken to justify public policy interventions. But the question of who pays for obesity is an empirical one, and it involves analysis of how obese people fare in labor markets and health insurance markets. We will argue that the existing literature on these topics suggests that obese people on average do bear the costs and benefits of their eating and exercise habits. We begin by estimating the lifetime costs of obesity. We then discuss the extent to which private health insurance pools together obese and thin, whether health insurance causes obesity, and whether being fat might actually cause positive externalities for those who are not obese. If public policy to reduce obesity is not justified on the grounds of external costs imposed on others, then the remaining potential justification would need to be on the basis of helping people to address problems of ignorance or self-control that lead to obesity. In the conclusion, we offer a few thoughts about some complexities of such a justification.
Why Choosing to Make Less Money Is Easier Than Ever
Posted: April 18, 2013 Filed under: Postmaterialism Leave a comment »http://theumlaut.com/2013/04/18/why-choosing-to-make-less-money-is-easier-than-ever/
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson for Democracy Journal: Past Perfect? feedly
Posted: April 14, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Feds Spent Millions of Dollars to Find Data That Was Publicly Available and Free feedly
Posted: April 9, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Commercial Imperialism? Political Influence and Trade During the Cold War
Posted: April 5, 2013 Filed under: Cronyism, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://williameasterly.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cia_us_trade_april_2012.pdf
Missed It by *That* Much
Posted: April 5, 2013 Filed under: Price Discrimination, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://www.thebigquestions.com/2013/04/05/missed-it-by-that-much/
The Cult of Che
Posted: April 4, 2013 Filed under: Che Guevara Leave a comment »http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2004/09/the_cult_of_che.html?fb_ref=sm_fb_share_chunky
Are there “food deserts” as a dietary problem?
Posted: April 4, 2013 Filed under: Food Desert, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Heritage Immigration Study Fatally Flawed
Posted: April 4, 2013 Filed under: Immigration Leave a comment »http://www.cato.org/blog/heritage-immigration-study-fatally-flawed
An Introduction to U.S. Monetary Policy
Posted: April 2, 2013 Filed under: Monetary Policy, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://mercatus.org/publication/introduction-us-monetary-policy
Virginia Postrel, “Meaning and Value in Commercial Culture”
Posted: April 1, 2013 Filed under: Consumerism, Culture Leave a comment »Is Market Failure a Sufficient Condition for Government Intervention?
Posted: April 1, 2013 Filed under: Market Failures, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2013/CardenHorwitzmarkets.html
It’s weather, not climate
Posted: March 30, 2013 Filed under: Global Warming, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/it’s-weather,-not-climate.aspx
