Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Quote of the Day: Politics Drives Social Divisions

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The pathology of mass democracy translates into ugly social divisions. Great liberal thinkers from Bastiat to Mises have demonstrated tha...
Monday, May 10, 2010

Political Talk (Demagoguery) And Their Meanings

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Economist Bob Higgs translates conventional politico-speak into their intended messages, in an article which he calls "When a Congressm...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Why The Slack In Credit To Small Business In The US? Because Regulators Won't Allow Them

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Politics can be characterized as a stratagem of saying one thing and doing another. Here is a good example. US policymakers say that credit...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Lessons From China-Google Schism

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The China Google rift has given us some interesting insights. This from the New York Times, (all bold highlights) ``The story behind the suc...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

4-Block World: Fawning Eulogies

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From Tom McMahon's 4-Block World : Let me add a quote from Professor Don Boudreaux , (all bold highlights mine) ``While Kennedy didn’t c...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Cartoon of the Day: Swine Flu or Pork Flu?

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Nice one from the Investor's Daily...
Saturday, August 23, 2008

Global Warming Debate: Oops…WMO says First Half of 2008-COOLEST in 5 Years!

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From yahoo-Reuters (highlight mine), ``The first half of 2008 was the coolest for at least five years , the World Meteorological...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Study Says Happiness Comes From Freedom

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Happiness is not mainly about wealth, it is about the freedom to make choices, that’s according to a study by Inglehart, Foa, Peterson and W...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Olympics: Trend of Breaking Records Accelerates! What drives them?

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From the Economist , ``TUMBLING world records are part of the Olympic experience, but just how much have swimmers or runners improved over...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Wall Street Journal: Professor Johnson’s Medal Standing Prediction; Philippine Olympic Delegates of ONLY 15 Aspirants Reduces Odds For Gold!

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The Wall Street Journal recently published the predictions of economist Daniel Johnson , a professor at Colorado College , on the possible...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

The Controversy Over Oil VAT (Visceral and Astigmatic Thinking)

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``No government ever wants less government — that is, less of itself." Garet Garrett (1878–1954), Insatiable Government, American jou...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The Race To Currency Destruction (Hyperinflation): Want to be a billionaire?

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Courtesy of the Economist From the Economist ( highlight mine ), ``HYPERINFLATION requires a good head for figures and a sturdy wallet...
Friday, April 18, 2008

Starve thy Neighbor: From Food to Fertilizers

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The global “Starve thy Neighbor” policies continue. First, food exporting countries have been curtailing exports. Now, they are restricting ...