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Posted in Government Gone Wild on Oct 27th, 2009
Arnold Kling illustrates how Uncle Sam does it in the subprime crisis: I think there is something even more sinister going on. I interpret the pay czar in terms of Murray Edelman’s symbolic uses of politics. The idea is to focus on a symbol of the cause of taxpayer losses–bonuses of the executives of bailed […]
Posted in Health Care on Oct 27th, 2009
There is no reason to believe that there is a market flaw in our inability to produce and distribute more vaccine. The problem is caused by “our” “benevolent” government. All manner of companies produce all manner of goods and services that are seasonal and subject to dramatic changes from year over year, and perhaps are […]
Posted in You Can't Have it Both Ways on Oct 27th, 2009
When you live in a world where unicorns don’t roam, scarce resources need to be rationed. Even here in profilgate Rochester, hard decisions sometimes have to get made: More than 700 Rochester students who rode the bus to school last year are finding other transportation this year after the City School District began enforcing its […]
