Comments for The Unbroken Window http://theunbrokenwindow.com The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - F.A. Hayek Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:49:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on A Little Civil Disobedience by jb http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/03/12/a-little-civil-disobedience/comment-page-1/#comment-13584 jb Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:49:12 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/?p=2507#comment-13584 Or, to distinguish from (public) charter schools, call them Pittsford Public Unionized Schools. To make the choice clear. (Alas you probably have no charter schools either). Or, to distinguish from (public) charter schools, call them Pittsford Public Unionized Schools. To make the choice clear. (Alas you probably have no charter schools either).

]]> Comment on Next! by Andrew http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/03/12/next-8/comment-page-1/#comment-13582 Andrew Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:36:58 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/?p=2665#comment-13582 Haha, I had a feeling you were going to pick up on this. Here's a nice excerpt from the hack who introduced it: "“I think salt should be banned in restaurants. I ask if a dish has salt in it, and if I does, I get something else that doesn’t have salt,” Ortiz tells me, before going on to say that he has eaten, and expects he will continue to eat, among other things, ham, cheese and bread in restaurants, all of which contain salt." http://blog.timesunion.com/tablehopping/13889/assemblyman-seeking-to-ban-all-salt-in-restaurant-cooking/ Haha, I had a feeling you were going to pick up on this. Here’s a nice excerpt from the hack who introduced it:

““I think salt should be banned in restaurants. I ask if a dish has salt in it, and if I does, I get something else that doesn’t have salt,” Ortiz tells me, before going on to say that he has eaten, and expects he will continue to eat, among other things, ham, cheese and bread in restaurants, all of which contain salt.”

http://blog.timesunion.com/tablehopping/13889/assemblyman-seeking-to-ban-all-salt-in-restaurant-cooking/

]]> Comment on A Little Civil Disobedience by Speedmaster http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/03/12/a-little-civil-disobedience/comment-page-1/#comment-13581 Speedmaster Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:23:34 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/?p=2507#comment-13581 Nicely-stated. And a few more census links: http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/walter-williams-on-census.html Nicely-stated. And a few more census links:
http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/walter-williams-on-census.html

]]> Comment on Rochester Physician Calls for More Deaths and for the Elimination of Small Drug Companies by wintercow20 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/03/11/rochester-physician-calls-for-more-deaths-and-for-the-elimination-of-small-drug-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-13577 wintercow20 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:05:18 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/?p=2645#comment-13577 I'd add one more point to inchoate's observation: he is likely right. But that merely serves to reinforce my point. Get the government out of the business entirely. The story of the FDA reminds me of the story of the Fed's creation - have the government regulate the hell out of a sector for 50 years, have it favor special large interests in the industry, suffer through a series of crises - blame capitalism, and then monopolize the entire sector. The point of course - is what does public support for drug research have to do with the FDA's efficacy authority on drugs? In fact, given that the government is supposed to study how it offers its grant money, isn't that already a layer of supervision that would not otherwise be there? And marketing machines? Great. I WANT firms to market to me all of the ways they can make me healthy and comfortable.. I am sure Queen Anne of England would have felt the same way. Google her for a fun little story. I’d add one more point to inchoate’s observation: he is likely right. But that merely serves to reinforce my point. Get the government out of the business entirely. The story of the FDA reminds me of the story of the Fed’s creation – have the government regulate the hell out of a sector for 50 years, have it favor special large interests in the industry, suffer through a series of crises – blame capitalism, and then monopolize the entire sector.

The point of course – is what does public support for drug research have to do with the FDA’s efficacy authority on drugs? In fact, given that the government is supposed to study how it offers its grant money, isn’t that already a layer of supervision that would not otherwise be there?

And marketing machines? Great. I WANT firms to market to me all of the ways they can make me healthy and comfortable.. I am sure Queen Anne of England would have felt the same way. Google her for a fun little story.

]]> Comment on Rochester Physician Calls for More Deaths and for the Elimination of Small Drug Companies by wintercow20 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2010/03/11/rochester-physician-calls-for-more-deaths-and-for-the-elimination-of-small-drug-companies/comment-page-1/#comment-13576 wintercow20 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:38:10 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/?p=2645#comment-13576 I suspect inchoate did not read the post: "The FDA, Cartelization and the Crushing of Small Business As with much regulation, it is entirely conceivable that big drug companies LIKE being regulated by the FDA. See the history of the US tobacco settlement for a really vivid illustration of this" inchoate indeed I suspect inchoate did not read the post:

“The FDA, Cartelization and the Crushing of Small Business

As with much regulation, it is entirely conceivable that big drug companies LIKE being regulated by the FDA. See the history of the US tobacco settlement for a really vivid illustration of this”

inchoate indeed

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