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- What about the Rest of the First Amendment? (1)
david: "The power in shows like this is in the fact that they're shows: they're relatively easy to organize, the average IQ can be low, but the visual effect…"
- Attention Attraction for the Attention Deficient Generation (6)
Tom Smith: "I can see the appeal of "tuning out the world." But I can't say that I think it's a good thing. I really have no argument, convincing or otherwise,…"
Funky Dung: "I don't think your comment is off-topic at all. In fact, I think it addresses underlying societal issues and questions my post only begged. BTW, I…"
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Category Archives: economics
Self-Preservation and Job Security
A recent post, 96% of Ordinary People Know That Modern Art is Crap and Artists Are Pompous Narcissists, reminded me of the simple fact that every field is self-preservative. That is to say, of course art professors are going to say that people need to be educated, and need to be "woken up," or something […]
$600 Million Slot Revenue: Jackpot or Ripoff?
Pennsylvania's Democratic legislators are very proud of themselves for reducing property taxes by offsetting them with slot machine revenue.
"Pennsylvania’s budget secretary this week certified that the state’s slot machine facilities have now produced enough revenue to begin reducing property taxes – more than $600 million for homeowners statewide."
I do not understand why this is good […]
Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds You
Fedora tip to LewRockwell.com for linking to this Publius Endures post, which wisely points out, "It's awfully easy to advocate for more government programs when you don't actually have to pay into those government programs."
Neoliberalism? No, Thanks.
I'm not sure if Philip Bobbitt is malicious, mentally deranged, or merely foolish. To wit, this review of his latest book:
"What's needed is a constitutional order that takes its structural cues from multinational corporations and nongovernmental organizations, relying 'less on law and regulation and more on market incentives' to expand people's options. Such a market […]
Evil or Stupid?
Apparently, Lew Rockwell doesn't like unions any more than I do. However, Mr. Rockwell's feelings seem to be much stronger than mine, prompting him to call them evil. IMHO, he would do well to remember Napoleon's wise maxim, "Never attribute to malice what could be sufficiently explained by ineptitude." While some unions have certainly arrogated […]
