A previous post here at AU discussed new SEC regulations requiring more transparency in executive pay at publicly traded companies, noting concerns that this step might simply create a “Keep-up-with-the-Gateses” mentality in compensation committees. In comments to that post, I have maintained that an equally plausible hypothesis is that executives are underpaid (considering that the […]
Archive for March, 2006
“Rarely is the question asked, is- is our children learning?” -George W. Bush (liberal version)
“Rarely is the question asked, is- is- are children learning?” -George W. Bush (real version)
In the University Economics Society (UES), some of us have been discussing ideas for our own private school for some time. The “People Acting To Re-Invent Outstanding […]
David Cameron: Heir to Thatcher or Blair?
Published by March 14th, 2006 in Economics, Personalities, Margaret Thatcher and Old Europe. 0 CommentsIf you go to c-span.org and watch the Prime Minister’s Questions, you will be amazed by the change in the nature of confrontation between Prime Minister Blair and his Tory opposition. After years of lackluster performances by the likes of Smith and Hague, and the admirable but old Howard, Cameron has burst on to the […]
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, a benevolent ruler and a fine man:
Although he had no political power, and his influence extended only so far as he was humored by those around him, he was treated deferentially in San Francisco, and currency […]
Microsoft redesigns the Ipod package. Speaks for itself.
The Orange Revolution in Ukraine lives on with Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Yuschenko, two of my favorite politicians (and former allies) who don’t get along, but as with any real revolution, sometimes the real change takes time. Although it may not fade as glacially as, say, racism in America, the sciences in Ukraine may need […]
I was browsing my Congressman’s website today and saw that he had introduced a bill to create “Catastrophe Savings Accounts.” What do y’all think about this?
Structured in the same manner as Health Savings Accounts, a catastrophe tax-free savings account could be opened to cover current and future catastrophe-related expenses. The earnings from the money […]
Today’s Mises memo was a decent read. Although it will not be relevant to today’s UES discussion of drug legalization, I thought it might be interesting to look at. Hoppe lists a ton of insurance perversions created, he proposes, by state regulation. Here are some of a few:
# In 49 states, insurance companies are forced […]
Scary unhinged teacher transcript. Like, this person should be fired, immediately. And in the same way that we have air marhsals, maybe we should do this sort of tape recording for accountability every now and then.
