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One in Eight. Really?

Posted in Standards of Living on Aug 25th, 2010

I have very little tolerance for public service announcements on a variety of grounds. One of those grounds is a Buchanan-Tullock ground. I do not view them as harmless little information packets intended to help us live better lives. Perhaps I am too cynical, but there is no question that some group is typically benefiting [...]

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In Which a 0.0057 Batting Average Gets You into the Hall of Fame

Posted in Environment on Dec 22nd, 2009

From a 1998 paper looking at the (to then) effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act: There have been just over 1,400 listings of species under the act. Only 27 species have been taken off the list since, some of which have subsequently gone extinct. How many species have actually recovered according to the ESA? How [...]

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