Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Education, Voluntary Society on Feb 4th, 2013
Here’s an editorial excerpt from tomorrow’s WSJ: … the message from a December 27-28 memo to local union presidents and board members from Michigan Education Association President Steven Cook, which recommends tactics that unions can use to dilute the impact of the right-to-work law. One bright idea is to renegotiate contracts now to lock teachers […]
Posted in Religion, Voluntary Society on Feb 4th, 2013
Serious people are proposing that the Federal government establish … a Federal Department of Cities. We’re doomed. Like, that’s a great idea. After all, local urban planners have failed to revive their cities after a century of “Local Departments of Cities” have operated. And believe me, spend some time in your city’s library and read […]
Posted in Economists on Feb 4th, 2013
Here a few of the interesting working papers in economics that were released today: Evaluating Durable Public Good Provision using Housing Prices by Stephen Coate Recent empirical work in public finance uses the housing price response to public investments to assess the efficiency of local durable public good provision. This paper investigates the theoretical foundations for this technique. […]
Posted in Entrepreneurs, Money, Voluntary Society on Feb 4th, 2013
Aside from the carbon footprint of thousands of people heading to the Nevada desert and literally “burning the man” there may be something actually illegal about Burning Man. For the uninitiated, Burning Man is a weeklong event that attracts over 40,000 very interesting and eclectic people. You can read lots about it here. As I […]
