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Posted in Environment, Government Gone Wild on Dec 7th, 2009
This AP Piece heralds the new ruling by the EPA (its Endangerment Finding) that greenhouse gases endangers human health. Count how many times in that article we see evidence of the relationship between a warming planet and health and mortality outcomes? Keep looking … Keep looking … You think the Greenpeace banner in the nearby […]
Posted in Competition, Education on Dec 7th, 2009
What did the President say about being open to serious ideas grounded in serious research? Oh, that is reserved only for climate socialism. This paper estimates the impact of charter school attendance on student achievement using data from Boston, where charter schools enroll a growing share of students. We also evaluate an alternative to the […]
Posted in Environment on Dec 7th, 2009
Home security systems, door locks, cement walls, fences, spotlights and guard dogs (unfriendly ones) represent waste. They are a symptom of something bad going on in an economy. Why? Well, why do we lock our doors and otherwise take measures like these? It is to protect our property from being looted, damaged or otherwise violated. […]
