Category Archives: economics

insert joke about politicians and principle

Mark Steyn turns out the best piece I’ve seen yet on the steel thing. Okay so I’m a week late. (Another link from Sean Kirby.)

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privatize

There’s a story that someone from England was invited to talk about free markets in some other country, and after his speech was approached by several members of the audience who said, “I cannot agree with your ideas because I … Continue reading

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it’s a dog-trade-with-dog world

Peter Hollo cites an interview with Richard Dawkins, at an address which has unfortunately gone bad since January 15. Hollo writes: . . . you can read Dawkins distancing himself from a kind of Thatcherite, “Darwinian”, dog-eat-dog world of the … Continue reading

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guns, butter

Steve White scores a good one: Can someone explain to us why we expect the military budget to scale linearly with the GDP? Isn’t it the whole idea of a federal government that it will scale sub-linearly? Are we just … Continue reading

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specialize!

on Samizdata, Brian Micklethwait writes In praise of renting and to hell with owning: In general, the relationship between owning-or-renting and freedom is surely the opposite of what it is so often said to be by British Conservatives. Renting equals … Continue reading

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Planet of the Marxists

Am I the last to see it? A t-shirt bearing the familiar iconic portrait of Che Guevara – you know, beret with a star – except that the face is from Planet of the Apes.

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