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Posted in Government Thuggery, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Property Rights on Aug 2nd, 2012
I’m allowed to brag about my students. One of my terrific economics students and AHI-Rochester fellow Dan Wang just published his first piece. He is currently an intern for Radley Balko (someone we should spend more time talking about here at the UnbrokenWindow). In any case, please do read Dan’s story of Eminent Domain abuse […]
Posted in Central Planning, Public Choice on Aug 2nd, 2012
The Ithaca Journal reports on the job creating mastery of the Industrial Development Corporations in NYS: The annual analysis of Industrial Development Agency data, produced since 2009 by the statewide Getting Our Money’s Worth Coalition, shows ‘a widespread failure of New York’s main economic development tool to meet job creation goals.’ The analysis shows $182 […]
Posted in Central Planning, Environment on Aug 2nd, 2012
Today the US Energy Information Agency reported that for the first quarter of 2012 carbon emissions in the United States fell to 1992 levels. For those keeping score at home, the Kyoto Protocal had wistfully asked countries to set emissions targets by 2008 in reference to 1990 emissions levels. The target for the US was to […]
Posted in Extended Order, Resources on Aug 2nd, 2012
Here is an example of the plea by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, along with the support of various hiking and conservation organizations, for people to practice a “Leave No Trace” ethic when wandering in the New York State Forest Preserve (a designated “wilderness” area: I am extremely sympathetic to the LNT ethic and […]
