Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2009
Banana Republic: Rep. Michael Moran, House chairman of the Committee on Election Laws, said lawmakers shouldn’t be handcuffed by past votes if they are not in the best interest of the state. I don’t care about the politics here, we know that is going to be there. And there is no doubt that a Democrat […]
Posted in Competition on Sep 18th, 2009
Yesterday, I talked about how it is hard to reconcile two common beliefs of people: that increased competition is a bad thing, but also that too little competition is also a bad thing. It is not the case that all people dislike competition. Most obvious, we as customers should love competition in the markets where […]
Posted in You Can't Have it Both Ways on Sep 18th, 2009
The other day I wrote a post discussing some problems with the government and popular stance on monopoly and anti-trust. Reflecting on it in the car this morning, it occurs to me how absolutely inconsistent these views are with other popularly held views. When it comes to monopoly and anti-trust, the popular arguement is pursued […]
