Hey Rochester, Learn a Lesson
Posted in Voluntary Society on Apr 17th, 2011
Using private industry to run a city. Look at the devastation it wrought.
Daily Archive for April 17th, 2011
Discrimination by the Welfare State Itself
Posted in Government Thuggery, Institutions on Apr 17th, 2011
Maybe it is well known that the major discrimination faced by blacks in the South originated from government laws like Jim Crow laws that institutionalized something that good economics seemed to have been eroding. But how well known is the fact that early efforts by governments to provide (modest) welfare benefits to the poor were […]
Gas Prices, Well-Being and Consumption
Posted in Price System on Apr 17th, 2011
Gas prices have risen nationwide by roughly $1.00 per gallon over the previous 12 months. In Rochester, we pay about $3.90 per gallon right now. What does this mean for a typical family? I’d argue that my family is pretty typical. I commute about 22 miles per day to work in our fuel efficient Mazda […]
