Don’t Know Much About Economics…
Dec 10Guest Blog by Jennifer McKitrick [cross-posted at Jen Mc’s Blog] Don’t Know Much About Economics… But as far as I can figure… The plan of the Trouble Asset Relief Program is that the US government borrows money from China so that they can lend it to banks so banks can lend it to consumers/taxpayers. (China [...]
No Ideas, No Ideas, No Ideas, No Ideas, No Ideas, No Ideas, No Ideas, No Ideas, No Ideas, No Ideas
Dec 10Okay, so I know that Britney Spears’ popularity has never had anything to do with the poetic content of her lyrics. Even so, the chorus to her latest hit (possibly NSFW, depending on where you work) seems to flaunt lack of imagination as a virtue. (I love how they flash the title at the end [...]
Only One Setting
Dec 10This animation (conical hat tip to LRC) is funny – but the perspective it represents is part of the problem. The assumption behind the clip is that big business is in favour of “capitalism” (which in this context is clearly supposed to mean the free market) when times are good, but in favour of government [...]
Cato Institute Publishes Leftist Screed!, Pars Octava
Dec 10If I’d known how many more parts there’d be I wouldn’t have started the damn Latin titles. In any case, my last post should’ve been Pars Septima, not Pars Septa. Argh! Oh well. Wait, this post has an actual topic: Shawn Wilbur weighs in on whether big chain bookstores benefit from state intervention. (Spoiler alert: [...]
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