Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Fun Facts on Aug 27th, 2011
The minimum wage in Luxembourg is €1758 per month. This is about $2,500 US dollars per month. In other words, the minimum wage in Luxembourg amounts to an annual salary of $30,000. That must explain why they are the world leaders in this category.
Posted in Welfare State on Aug 27th, 2011
From Nothing to Envy via Alex Tabarrok: North Korean propaganda has also been very effective because unlike leaders in Eastern Europe, Kim Il-sung “wasn’t merely the father of their country, their George Washington, their Mao, he was their God.” Here is Nothing to Envy: Broadcasters would speak of Kim Il-sung or Kim Jong-il breathlessly, in the […]
Posted in Flotsam and Jetsam on Aug 27th, 2011
Shouldn’t global warming activists be supporters of smaller, transparent government? After all, one of the “problems” with our CO2 emissions is that we do not see them. We do not see them literally, since CO2 is colorless. I bet if we had a trail of pink smoke following us, people would be much more cognizant […]
