Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Entrepreneurs, Environment on Feb 1st, 2013
For those of you following, you know that a while back the plaintiffs in the case were caught on camera saying that they “cooked” the science of the oil damages in order to win close to a $20 billion settlement. It gets far more interesting now. Here is Coyote on Tony Soprano Environmentalism: The Ecuadoran […]
Posted in Economic Illiteracy, Government Gone Wild, Health Care on Feb 1st, 2013
Via Tyler Cowen, here is one of the many, many, many emerging stories about the implementation of the PPACA: Labor unions enthusiastically backed the Obama administration’s health-care overhaul when it was up for debate. Now that the law is rolling out, some are turning sour. Union leaders say many of the law’s requirements will drive […]
Posted in Economic Illiteracy, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Feb 1st, 2013
I am trying to extend my leisure time – so perhaps I’ll add more fluff to the site! In today’s thought, consider how behavioralists regularly remind us that we have a status quo bias, and that are loathe to take chances (in some dimensions). Then in this case, wouldn’t there be a constituency out there […]
