Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Classical Liberalism, Education on Nov 12th, 2013
Here on our lovely campus I receive as a front-page feature story in my intranet page: STUDENT was President of STUDENT GROUP last year the dining rep since her freshman year. STUDENT aims to “convert people through food.” Let’s rewrite that. Wintercow was Director of the Classical Liberal Foundation and the Property Rights advocate since […]
Posted in Central Planning, Classical Liberalism, ethical foundations, If I Really Hated the Poor ... on Nov 12th, 2013
And so it has absolutely no chance of seeing the light of day. Tyler Cowen links to this Reihan Salam post summarizing a good argument from Avik Roy’s new book: offer a coverage option that better meets the needs of the poor while also reducing public expenditures: Start by paying a primary-care physician $80 a […]
Posted in Economic Illiteracy, Environment, Math, Price System, Taxation on Nov 12th, 2013
Just wanted to update my readers on the amount of greed in the economy. In March of this year, the average retail price of gasoline was $3.85. In the first week of November, the average retail price of gasoline was $3.34. So, I guess gas and oil companies are feeling 13% less greedy these days! […]
