Showing posts with label arbitrary laws. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arbitrary laws. Show all posts
Thursday, April 03, 2014

Quote of the Day: Differentiating Law and Legislation

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Law is emergent and undesigned.  Law isn’t created; it evolves.  Legislation is created and designed.  Legislation is not law and law is ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

In India, Child Labor Ban Leads to More Child Labor

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Just one of the many examples of how noble-sounding statutes backfire when faced with economic reality.  From the Wall Street Journal R...
Friday, October 25, 2013

Quote of the Day: Law is the unconscious creation of society

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Law is not a body of commands imposed upon society from without, either by an individual sovereign or superior, or by a sovereign body con...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Chart of the Day: Obamacare Regulations: 8 Times Longer Than Bible

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From CNS News (hat tip Tea Party Economist ) Since March 2010, when President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Afford...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Phisix: BSP’s Tetangco Catches Taper Talk Fever

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The BSP’s Version of Taper Talk JUST a little over two weeks back, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando Tetangco said that...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Confessions of a Shadow Banker in China: It's the Formal Sector that it at Risk

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In an OpEd article at Bloomberg, a self proclaimed shadow banker and author of “ Inside China’s Shadow Banking: The Next Subprime Crisis?” ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

IRS Investigations: Using Regulations to Persecute Political Foes

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I recently pointed out that arbitrary regulations, like electoral liquor ban in the Philippines, can be used to harass the political oppos...
Friday, May 10, 2013

Why I Will Not Vote; Liquor Ban and No Stock Market Commentary

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I will not participate or risk my life and limb or spend scarce time, effort, and resources in the selection process of so-called political...
Saturday, May 04, 2013

Quote of the Day: Power is the root of corruption; other aspects are its symptoms

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The  following insightful but lengthy quote references China’s political economy, as written by Professor Weiying Zhang in "The Logic ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

How Money Oozed out of Cyprus during Negotiation of Bailout Deal

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And almost everyone thought that the public’s money froze in Cyprus as ATMs went out of cash and banks were officially closed while local...