I had kind of ignored an article in The Economist, but it was brought back to my attention today by Hunter, who writes of its insanity. He is right. In Britain, they are considering regulating trees even more than they are right now:
BSI British Standards, an official setter of benchmarks, is drafting guidelines on safety […]
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President SBY has been at times daring, cutting fuel subsidies, and at others more cautious, like most of his predecessors, in challenging the status quo. Indonesia is still as backward as a country can get financially — but it may be turning the corner. At least five state-owned enterprises will be selling substantial shares to […]
As I have mentioned before, one of my students is particularly bright. I am bound by various confidentiality rules to not give identity or say too much, so forgive the lack of details. Many UF athletes speak English in a curious dialect, whether they are foreign-born or home-grown. Although this student does not have a […]
Because so many UES all-stars have now departed for parts both known and unknown, one must begin considering the future reunions. In today’s blog travels (and no, Matt, I have not removed Mankiw yet though I have stopped clicking on him, so your sharing was appreciated), I found this interesting idea……… and we could do […]
The Law School Republicans were right. Dr. Telles-Irvin was wrong several times over: Radical Islam still wants us dead. This time, someone from USF (again) helps martyrs by way of YouTube.
Now that we have moved into the general campaign between Senators Obama and McCain, the candidates are anxious to show their claws. Already, the candidates have begun an intricate dance over the important issue of the economy and gas prices by offering differing proposals. While one candidate’s proposals actually make the problem worse (Obama’s), McCain’s […]
Here is some evidence that I might be spectacularly wrong regarding inflation. I have thought inflation was very high due to probable increases in the money supply, but this looks like it is not the case at all. Since I am not a believer that rising prices from supply and demand are inflation per se, […]
This article discusses why athletes go broke, and it seems to mirror our standard criticism of education in America generally — as a reason for increased foreclosures and general economic discontent based on perception alone.
So says Hernando de Soto, repeating himself for the millionth time, joined by Kim Jung-il coddler Madeleine Albright.
The Politics of (Monetary Policy) Science, Addendum
Published by June 5th, 2008 in Economics. 0 CommentsIn the time since my last post on this topic, many rumblings have occurred in monetary policy news around the world. The Eurozone is still on the brink of expansion, Zimbabwe continues its downward spiral, and so on. However in the wake of our presidential election, some interesting news seems to have gone unnoticed. The […]
Third Parties in Presidential Elections
Published by May 26th, 2008 in Fluff and Democracy. 1 CommentThere’s a small issue that continues to annoy me and I thought I would write about it. Whenever the efficacy of a third party in presidential elections is challenged, people always point to Ralph Nader in 2000. This is, of course, very selective on the liberals’ parts. The reason why this case is always selected […]
In UES, we have a board that we use to attract new members at informational events for business students. Historically, we put names of famous people with economics degrees. If, someday, we should return to that, let us put another name on there: Steve Fossett, adventurer, aviator, explorer, and namesake for a WhiteKnightTwo-class suborbital ship […]
Is this one of Slade’s transcripts for a UES meeting or is it really the Libertarian Party debate? Well, the LP gets a few issues wrong (UES is more pro-intervention in terms of the military), but by and large…
We must keep an eye on these misfits, the Anti-Advertising Agency. It seems that their entire mission is to destroy both culture and living standards. That being said, I am still going to *try* the Add-Art application, despite the fact that if everyone does, we are doomed to advertisements in much worse places. (h/t Hunter)
According to The Everyday Economist, a PhD student at Wayne State University, Keynes gets a bad rap as far as his so-called General Theory is concerned. It sounds quite alluring:
Each businessman has his own subjective expectations of future profitability and other business conditions. If these expectations are pessimistic, businesses will invest less and therefore […]