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Archive for the 'Policy' Category
Illogical Confessions of a Maturing Libertarian
Published by June 27th, 2008 in Politics and Policy. 2 CommentsSince citizens of the United States already have to ask the Social Security Administration for permission to work legally, why not throw Homeland Security into the mix while we’re at it?
The Threat to Economics, Part II
Published by May 22nd, 2008 in Economics, Technology & Innovation and Policy. 2 CommentsThe best of economics concerns itself with answering what, how, and why questions. Here are some examples: why does the quantity demanded of Wild Cherry Pepsi increase when the price goes down? How are people’s investments affected by raising the capital gains tax rate? What does this person prefer to produce? Answering questions such as […]
The Politics of (Monetary Policy) Science, Part II
Published by May 15th, 2008 in Economics, International Affairs and Policy. 2 CommentsNo sooner do I publish a post about the politics of monetary policy than does Joseph Stiglitz make waves with a post that directly contradicts substantial portions of my post. It is therefore worth a cursory survey of his claims. Stiglitz is going for shock value at the outset of this column, where he writes:
The […]
The Politics of (Monetary Policy) Science, Part I
Published by May 14th, 2008 in Economics, Technology & Innovation and Policy. 2 CommentsEconomics is widely considered a science, up to a point. What kind of a science is an issue still up for debate. Some believe it merely a “social” science, and it is, though it is much more than any of the other social sciences. In particular, it seems that microeconomics forms the basis for the […]
AEA: Understanding School Performance
Published by May 11th, 2008 in Policy and Education. 0 Comments[Note: I started typing this post in January but lost interest in it; so I am pushing it out now.]
From several potentially very interesting sessions on the early morning of the first day of AEA 2008, I picked the “Understanding School Performance” discussion because it related to the UES summer mission of working on a […]
Should a firm possess the right to impose its values on its employees? In providing discriminate health insurance benefits, firms can effectively influence what medical treatment their employees have access to. This is a biproduct of the system in place in which private health insurance (for myriad reasons I won’t even delve into now) is […]
The popular gadget blog Gizmodo reports an update in the net neutrality saga. Another popular blog, The Consumerist, reports that the “Passenger’s bill of rights” has been shelved in Congress. In this article The Consumerist reports on further government encroachment on our private property.
This community typically decries laws extending the power of the government to […]
[ This post fell victim to a continuing security problem at Awkward Utopia. ]
Meeting Overview 02/05/08
Published by February 24th, 2008 in Policy and Meeting Records. 8 CommentsI apologize for my abysmal performance in (not) getting these records up. For this entry, I’ll be availing myself of my right, in the name of expediency, to summarize (rather than transcribe) a meeting’s contents. The topic: the Fair Tax.
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VR began by explaining the Fair Tax as “a piece of legislation drafted by Congressman John […]
This week’s topic: illegal immigration.
FC: This issue has become political ping-pong. I’m all for it.
Gabriel : With respect to the illegals who are already here, certain candidates have suggested deportation. I think the lesser of evils would be to grant them amnesty. Anything else (eg. building a wall across the entire border) would be […]
One can hardly fathom a more appropriate location at which to host a roundtable discussion on disaster eonomics than the grand ballroom of a New Orleans hotel. Unfortunately, this session was somewhat limited in bent and scope. (It was sponsored by Economists for Peace and Security, and I’m pretty sure that all the panelists were […]
My second session on Friday I chose because it was so super-relevant to the work I did in Washington last year. When I finally arrived, I was surprised to discover that there exists an entire branch of economics dedicated to such topics as volunteerism and philanthropy. I really shouldn’t have been surprised, as the purpose […]
Lessons in Diplomacy, Part II: The Highest Excellence
Published by December 31st, 2007 in International Affairs, Policy and East Asia. 0 CommentsThe text of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War may be austere, but its wisdom is timeless. One of my favorite passages from it states:
… to gain a hundred victories in a hundred battles is not the highest excellence; to subjugate the enemy’s army without doing battle is the highest of excellence.
In other words, […]
I want to share with all of you a nifty little website that allows one to look at and track the national budget and its current deficit. The nice part is it provides an easy to use interface and allows you to visualize where the money is going. You can click to view the subcategories […]
