Quotes
We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.
- F. A. HayekThere is one thing more embarrassing than having voted for Barack Obama... Not being embarrassed.
- Allen
Monthly Archives: February 2004
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Read Mises Economics Blog: Austrian Economics and Libertarian Political Theory: Senators’ Stocks Beat the Market to learn how Senators have learned how to beat the stock market — making consistently above average returns. It’s amazing how smart you can get … Continue reading
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Licensed Work
Read Mises Economics Blog: Austrian Economics and Libertarian Political Theory: Government Shuts Down Teen Entrepreneur to learn of a teen that put together a business and was shut down by the government because he wasn’t licensed. I understand that licensing … Continue reading
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The Dangerous Nonsense of Protectionism
One of those wonderful essays that needs full reading. It examines the arguments for protectionism and counter-arguments against it. As you can imagine from the title The Dangerous Nonsense of Protectionism, the author Murray N. Rothbard is for free-trade. As … Continue reading
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An Update On an Old Joke
David Farley has been drawing an Internet-only cartoon, Doctor Fun, for many years now. At times profane and at time profound, it has some snarky humor along the lines of Gary Larson. He now has an RSS feed that I … Continue reading
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O’er the Land of The Free (Trade) and the Home of the Brave!
Virginia Postrel examines free trade zones and the history of the US. Read her NYT article for the entire bit: Economic Scene: U.S. Is a Case Study in Free Trade. Those who didn’t snooze the entire time during high school … Continue reading
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Getting Mad at Your Oncologist
Brian Keegan gets snarky the current crop of Presidential contenders for distancing themselves from Greenspan in his recent remarks about Social Security. Read Centerfield: Greenspan Scatters the Roaches for its snarking glory. I remember commenting to my wife that it … Continue reading
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The EUmbilical Cord
Shirin Peerooz in To: Leaders of the European Union and the People of Europe takes the leaders of the EU to task over their coddling of Iranian mullahs. One memorable quote is: Indeed, it is a mystery that a regime … Continue reading
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Eisner: Ooof!
Eisner just got a vote of no confidence from Calstrs — the California State Teachers Retirement System. So says WSJ.com – Calstrs To Withhold Vote For Eisner As Disney CEO (paid subscription required). It is the money folks, not the … Continue reading
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Kerry as a Momentum Stock
Reading OpinionJournal – Peggy Noonan (paid subscription required) on the Democratic “fervor” over Kerry got me thinking. As stated in other many articles I’ve read… The reigning cliché is that they’re simply Democrats who want to win, who’ve settled on … Continue reading
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Comcast vs. Disney: Facts and Fantasia – Knowledge@Wharton
Knowledge@Wharton is a business ezine that I get in my inbox roughly monthly. It usually tackles a defined business theme (outsourcing, intellectual property, etc), but this month’s newsletter seemed to be a grab-bag of articles. One article was about outsourcing … Continue reading
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