Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Macroeconomics on Jul 10th, 2010
I am sure they’ll say it was just one small incident: We know so far that the stimulus signs cost from a few hundred dollars to as much as $10,000, which was the cost for the giant billboard that adorns renovations underway at Washington Dulles airport. The Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority confirms that the $10,000 […]
Posted in Socialism on Jul 10th, 2010
I am only 5’4″ but still not sure I would go to a party like this. Wouldn’t wearing the massively giant stilts make it even more obvious I was getting a little extra boost? And wouldn’t it take away the only thing that is really unique or interesting about my otherwise dull self?
Posted in Fun Facts on Jul 10th, 2010
There is not a single country in the world that has a higher birth rate today than it had in 1960. That is from Matt Ridley’s fantastic book, The Rational Optimist. Here is another bit … that birth rate decline has been especially pronounced in … poor countries. Very good estimates now see world population […]
