Here is the record of today’s meeting. If I misrepresented something you said, I apologize, and it (probably) was not intentional. Also, I apologize for collapsing any eloquent argument down to 2 words. If there is anything you’d like to change, please leave a comment to clarify.
Note that next week’s topic is “Health Care”.
I chose […]
Archive for January, 2006
Border Control: Today’s Meeting
Published by January 31st, 2006 in Policy and Meeting Records. 15 CommentsAlan Greenspan took a parting shot at the financial markets today, as during his last day in office the Federal Open Market Committee raised the key federal funds interest rate by a quarter-point today. For the occasion, the Fed broke with tradition in allowing reporters and photographers into the normally closed-door meeting for a time, […]
Bob said that the current American presidency is nothing but a glorified monarchy these days, and he may have a point. And I don’t really mind it. Let us not forget the potential for the following line of succession:
Bush-41: 1989-1993
Clinton-42: 1993-2001
Bush-43: 2001-2009
Clinton-44: 2009-2013/2017
Bush-45: 2013/2017-2017/2021
In other words, George Sr is succeeded by Bill, who is succeeded […]
Republic and Monarchy, III
Published by January 31st, 2006 in Economics, Politics, History and Policy. 6 Comments[Editor’s note: this is cross-posted from the Admin Law posting board]
Thanks for trying to address all my “scary” points, cmd. I’m frightened myself! Sometimes a discussion about ideas can be scary, but I am grateful for the respite you offer by way of adorable, cuddly, albeit irrelevant, points.
I.
As to the first point, I’m not sure […]
We have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of a proposition which this committee is not yet ready to reveal.
-UES Committee on Theology, Animism, Mathematics and Milton Friedman
Renowned fund manager Nicola Horlick said that she was “grateful” for Thatcher’s reforms that destroyed manufacturing in Britain and forced them to focus on financial markets, which left them in a prime position to take advantage of investment opportunities in Asia’s emerging markets, while leaving manufacturing to India and China.
At the beginning of the semester, the new UES Administration requisitioned a class picture for the UF Tower Yearbook. Last week we took the picture and the result is, well, a bit awkward anyway. We were supposed to wear our new dark blue UES shirts, but you can see how that went over with this […]
As most know, I don’t post here. Heck, I usually don’t even check here often. But I figured this would be a good point of discussion.
This article is from a Formula 1 racing website, which explains the motorsport context evident within it. But the context does not mask the point of the article- America […]
A New York Times article today reports on the latest dungeon in World of Warcraft, Naxxramas. The big deal? It’s in the sports section. (via SlashDot)
Paradox: The Art of Being Abstract
Published by January 28th, 2006 in History and Entertainment & Culture. 27 CommentsI was on my way to Zhang laoshi’s Chinese New Year’s Party when I got an email that said, “I am pleased to inform you that your presentation has been accepted for the Inaugural Conference of the Society for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture.”
A month and a half ago, I submitted an […]
2005 Economy- Irrational Exuberance?
Published by January 28th, 2006 in Economics, Politics and George W. Bush. 14 Comments“The American economy heads into 2006 with a full head of steam.”
-President Bush 1/6/06
“The U.S. economy slowed sharply in the last three months of 2005 to the weakest pace in three years, as consumers, businesses and government all pulled back on spending, the Commerce Department reported yesterday, raising concerns about the strength of the expansion […]
Debating Dollarization
Published by January 28th, 2006 in Economics and International Affairs. 16 CommentsI think that the UES will soon be debating dollarization and if it helps developing economies or not. By way of Marginal Revolution, I came across this interesting exchange of views. I don’t know exactly where I stand on dollarization yet, although I’d love to hear a Misesian take that doesn’t involve simply abolishing everything. […]
If this is a democratic process, I vote against “upgrading” to version 2.0. I’ve looked at it on East Asia Watch and dislike it. What do you all think? Is there anything 2.0 has that we actually need?
In modern politics, it is rare that we are able to witness brazen, grandiose acts of self-aggrandizement. Let us pause for a moment, then, to cherish Bill Richardson’s latest. According to this from Las Cruces Sun-News, by way of Drudge, some New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) offices requested larger photos of Governor Richardson and […]
“The dynamic spatial redistribution of individuals is a key driving force of various spatiotemporal phenomena on geographical scales. It can synchronize populations of interacting species, stabilize them, and diversify gene pools. Human travel, for example, is responsible for the geographical spread of human infectious disease. In the light of increasing international trade, intensified human mobility […]
