The Unbroken Window

The average household in the United States generates one-third less trash each year than does the average household in Mexico. 

Yeah, I understand that Mexican households are likely larger, but American GDP per capita is over four times that of the Mexican GDP per capita (roughly $44k to $10.6k). See more here from the fine folks […]

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The desire for power pushes a man to the highest degree of arrogance … to erect his own judgments into the supreme standards of right and wrong … to fancy himself the only wise and worthy man in the commonwealth.

That was from an important book first published in an historic year.

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Mayor John Barrett is “livid” over the gouging we helpless citizens endure at the greedy hands of unscrupulous middlemen. He correctly observes that soon after gasoline’s wholesale prices rise, retailers raise prices at the pump, even though all of the gasoline in their tanks was already bought at lower prices. The Mayor calls this practice […]

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I love the heading the Eagle editors gave to the following letter (”Price Hikes Not Always Gouging“) 
 
To the Editor
The Berkshire Eagle
75 South Church Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Dear Editor:
Mayor Barrett correctly observes that soon after gasoline’s wholesale prices rise, retailers raise prices at the pump, even though all of the gasoline in their tanks was already bought at lower […]

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May the statists, stasists, technocrats, planners, idealists of all stripes consider the following during 2008 and beyond.

I will bear the burden of proof. Before advocating to grant a favored group or individual special privileges, or before imposing taxes and regulations on individuals or unfavored groups, I will recognize that the natural state of humans is […]

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