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Daily Archive for August 9th, 2010

National Parks – A Celebration of Democracy?

Posted in Environment, Flotsam and Jetsam, Institutions on Aug 9th, 2010

I just finished watching Ken Burns’ recent documentary on America’s National Parks. The scenery was great, but Burns’ interpretation of the meaning of the National Parks was a bit confused. The entire series seemed to be a celebration of democracy – that the creation of the National Parks was an essentially American idea, to create […]

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Crappy Incentives

Posted in incentives on Aug 9th, 2010

I am in the midst of an excellent book, The Big Necessity, and the author does her best not to be too overtly in love with the state, but she does believe that creating more public toilets would solve all sorts of problems, such as long bathroom lines for women: There would be fewer queues […]

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