Posted in Economic Illiteracy on Jun 22nd, 2010
And that worked our great didn’t it. This is feeling more and more like an Ayn Rand novel. “Government Launching Plan to Halt Homelessness.” My new thought is why even launch a plan, just decree homelessness ended, and it should simply end.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 22nd, 2010
Here are a few excerpts from my NBER Working Papers Digest: Robert Inman finds that Stimulus funding for the states is not correlated with state unemployment rates (that doesn’t mean it is not “stimulating” but it certainly makes it less likely): As targeted assistance for stimulating local economies, ARRA funding is uncorrelated with state unemployment […]
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Posted in Health Care on Jun 22nd, 2010
I found myself reading the Old Testament the other day. Here is a quote which moved me to post (it is Samuel warning the Israelites about wanting a King to rule them): And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint […]
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