Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 18th, 2012
Hello everyone! I'm The Unbroken Window's new contributor, Alex Armlovich. This is the first regular post of what I hope becomes a series of productive exchanges and an entertaining dialectic with Dr. Rizzo. I'm a fresh graduate of the University of Rochester and deeply interested economics, public policy, and philosophy among other things. I bring […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 18th, 2012
The journal Nature now uses the term climate "denier" as a scientific one. UPDATE: Warren Meyer has an article on Forbes today about it.
Posted in Property Rights, Uncategorized on Jun 13th, 2012
There are times when the efficiency criteria breaks down as a useful guide to economic policymaking. These times occur most frequently in situations when property ownership conveys major differences in wealth – which leads to disparities in willingness-to-pay versus willingness-to-accept measures of value. An illustration will help. If you asked me how much I would […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2012
The UN Sustainability wish list.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2012
Seen on the roadside on Allegany County Route 3. About time the adult industry got on the green bandwagon!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2012
Poor families (bottom 20% of household income) spend well over 10% of their annual budgets on energy and related items. And as the figure below indicates (from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities) the impact of higher fuel costs on the poor goes well beyond the direct increases in electricity and gasoline charges. The […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5th, 2012
… if only the “market” for pharmaceuticals worked as well as the market for recreational drugs …
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2012
It’s not even ironic that “activists” invoke science when doing this. It’s just plain evil. What is even more dispiriting is the scientists’ having to appeal to the thugs to not destroy stuff. Let me ask a question. Are such activists actually appealing to science when they destroy GM crops? On what evidence? Are such […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2012
It took me a full 24 hours to realize that yesterday was Loyalty Day. What part of this wins the “Gaggalicious” thought of the day award? My vote: “On Loyalty Day, we rededicate ourselves to the common good, to the cornerstones of liberty, equality, and justice, and to the unending pursuit of a more perfect […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 27th, 2012
The topic in her (kindergarten) weekly reader is “Kids Can Care for Earth.” Here is page 4: In other news, one of my family members was served with a notice for “failure to pay fine” for a traffic violation. Sounds reasonable. The violation date? April 20, 1994. I think the fine amount was something like […]
