Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Central Planning on Oct 22nd, 2012
In this week’s edition of: “Benefit-Cost Analysis” is just a matter of opinion, here is what Randy O’Toole has found out in California: The San Francisco Chronicle is aghast that new 140-seat ferry boats between South San Francisco and Oakland/Alameda are filling an average of just 20 of their seats (scroll down to “On the line”). The service, which […]
Posted in Behavior, Economics Problems on Oct 22nd, 2012
In my inbox this morning: 6. Is Psychological Well-being Linked to the Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables? by David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald, Sarah Stewart-Brown – #18469 (HE LS) Abstract: Humans run on a fuel called food. Yet economists and other social scientists rarely study what people eat. We provide simple evidence consistent with the existence […]
Posted in Health Care, labor markets, Price System, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Oct 22nd, 2012
Our fair college is in a contract dispute with nearly 2000 of its employees (I think mostly at the Medical Center) who are members of the SEIU. From what I can gather the dispute seems to be around the value of health benefits. U of R seems to be wanting to offer the workers “more […]
