Saturday, July 24, 2010

More Competition Via Deregulation For The US Electricity Industry?

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The electricity market in the US appears to be opening up, that’s according to Energy biz editor Ken Silverstein, (bold emphasis added) “...

Big Mac Index , Mercantilist Fallacies and ASEAN Currencies

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An updated graph of the Big Mac Index is shown by The Economist. THE Big Mac index, says the Economist , is based on the theory of purchas...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Taxes 101: The Laffer Curve

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Here is a nifty three part video series by Daniel Mitchell of the CATO Institute on how taxes influence people's behaviour, and conseque...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Quote Of The Day: Gold Standard Is The Most Credible Form Of Commitment To Prudent Fiscal And Monetary Policies

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Cafe Hayek’s Professor Don Boudreaux quotes Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds in Money, Markets & Sovereignty : There are many reasons w...

Indonesia’s Gita Wirjawan: We Are Open For Business!

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Knowledege@wharton interviews Gita Wirjawan, a 44-year-old former investment banker with Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, who recently became...

US Job Market: Everything Is Relative

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In the US, current policies have been anchored on unemployment. Yet the job markets have been unevenly spread with the best jobs mostly se...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Privatize Pag-Asa or Open Weather Forecasting To Competition

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Weather forecasting personnel from the government institution are reportedly in mass exodus. According to the Inquirer , The Philippi...
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US Stock Markets and Animal Spirits Targeted Policies

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The BCA Research writes , ``The sharp drop in the University of Michigan’s survey of consumer confidence late last week is somewhat worris...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Lessons From The Crisis: From Public Goods To Private Services

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Every crisis tends to expose many of the folklores held by the mainstream. One of which is the ability by political authorities to manipulat...

Top Secret America: How Big Government Feeds On Fear

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The Washington Post investigates how the infamous 9/11 has nurtured a leviathan. Here is the Washington Post , (all bold highlights mine) ...
Monday, July 19, 2010

The End of Economic Freedom For Hong Kong?

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Hong Kong is a special place for me. First of all, it’s where my beloved mom has emigrated to decades ago and is now a resident. Next, it’...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

Financial Reform Bill And Regime Uncertainty

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``But the law is made, generally, by one man, or by one class of men. And as law cannot exist without the sanction and the support of a prep...
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The Window Is Closing For A Double Dip Recession In 2010

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``The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely ...