Showing posts with label free lunch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free lunch. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Government Failure: Thailand’s Rice Subsidies

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File this under another grand moment of government failure: Thailand’s rice subsidies From the Wall Street Journal Real Times Economic ...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Robert Ringer: The Curse of the Lottery

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F ree lunch has always been a seduction. Yet people hardly realize that there are always consequences to every action. This includes free l...
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Friday, May 10, 2013

Election Promises are Mostly About Spending Other People’s Money

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To all the voters out there. Be reminded that there is nothing called as a “free lunch”. Every scarce resources expended or consumed will h...
Wednesday, August 08, 2012

Online Scammers: Sophistication in Stupidity

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Online fraud like the Nigerian Email Scam has been a growing billion industry, where victims has reportedly lost a hefty $9.3 billion in 200...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Quote of the Day: On Banking Union

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But a banking union just makes the problem worse. Not today, maybe. But certainly tomorrow. What makes government action attractive is th...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

The Unraveling of Europe’s Wonderland

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Dr. Ed Yardeni at his blog, has a superb and eloquent piece on the problems besetting the Eurozone which he calls as Europe’s wonderland (b...
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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Iranian Terror Plot: US Government’s Imaginary Hobgoblins

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From Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (bold emphasis mine) Since the tragedy of 9/11, numerous crazies and low-level copy-cats have engaged ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Cartoon of the Day: Free Lunch Politics

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Here’s a nice parody of the political rhetoric of free lunches. [Hat tip Cato’s Dan Mitchell .] This applies even to Philippine politics...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Presidential Inaugural, Traditionalism And Spending Other People's Money

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People are enthralled with ritualism. This would be evident today in the inaugural of President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Vice P...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

Mainstream’s Three “Wise” Monkey Solution To Social Problems

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Say what you want Say what you will 'Cos I find you think what makes it easier And lies spread on lies We don't care Belief is ou...
Monday, December 29, 2008

The Myth of the Great Rebalancing

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The "great rebalancing" is a concept where trading partners of the US should be required to adjust domestic policies in order to &...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Free Lunch Isn’t For Everyone, Ask Japan

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Pundits have long debated about why and how Japan’s policies (e.g. ZIRP, Quantitative Easing, Infrastructure spending, etc…) have failed to...