Homines libenter quod volunt credunt
Posted in Politics, Public Choice on Aug 30th, 2011
Warren Meyer helps answer our dear technocrats’ question: In an idealized Platonic technocratic world that many Lefists still insist on believing we actually live in, trustworthy and knowledgeable agents of the state would work up such a list and we could fund it, happy we have made a good financial decision. But we don’t live in that world, as […]
Posted in Environment on Aug 30th, 2011
In the recent past you would have correctly said that I had a very open mind regarding the many complicated issues surrounding global warming. I would have told you that I understand that the Earth is probably a degree and a half warmer today than 150 years ago, that this is not warmer than we […]
Posted in Central Planning, Environment on Aug 30th, 2011
During yet another one of those wonderful public service announcements on the radio I heard the claim that a compact fluorescent light bulb was typically “four to six times more efficient” than a traditional incandescent bulb. Leaving aside the issues of governments banning incandescents (why not tax electricity instead, and allow us the choice in […]
