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A View from the Trenches, October 5th, 2009: "It's all about rates"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com If the release of employment data) we had on Friday (i.e. change in non-farm payrolls, which surprised to the downside, would have taken place a year ago, I am sure we would have...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Sun, Oct 4 2009

Statism & clear partisan blindness: Joe Romm, Steven Milloy and ethical certainty over problems stemming from lack of competition in power markets

Joe Romm of Climate Progress has a new post up that lambasts a recent WaPo op-ed by "environmental ethicist" David Henderson . Romm provides useful information on the relative efficacy of government technology forcing efforts, but comes down...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Sun, Oct 4 2009

Filed under: power, Joe Romm, Steven Milloy, monopoly

José, Secretario de Agricultura

Por Frank Chodorov. (Publicado el 2 de octubre de 2009) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí http://mises.org/daily/3742 . [Este artículo se ha extraído de One Is a Crowd ] Muchos años...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Sun, Oct 4 2009

Filed under: Frank Chodorov, control de precios, agricultura, One Is a Crowd, José

Entender los costes de la sanidad

Por D.W. MacKenzie. (Publicado el 2 de octubre de 2009) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí http://mises.org/story/3708 . El aumento de los costes es el asunto principal en el debate sobre la reforma de la...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Sun, Oct 4 2009

Filed under: sanidad, D. W. MacKenzie

What Happened?

Whenever I turn on a news station, whether it be Fox News, CBS, MSNBC, ABC, or whatever, I see both "Conservative" interviewees and "Conservative" pundits who slam Obama religiously. They slam him no matter what he does or doesn't...

Posted to Conservative Musings by TheManiacalSatanist on Sun, Oct 4 2009

Filed under: Conservatism Ron Paul Rush Limbaugh Sean Hannity Glenn Beck Fox News Socialism MSNBC NBC ABC CBS

Complexity and Business Cycles

I've mentioned before that I think there are a number of problems in the Austrian business cycle theory as it is usually expounded. Some of these problems are small and only of theoretical importance. They relate to the intricate and subjective nature...

Posted to Kaleidic Society by ziragt on Sat, Oct 3 2009

Presentations on Crime and Punishment

David Garland on Capital Punishment. and Steven Pinker on Violence: HT Art Carden at Division of Labor Read More...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Daniel J. D'Amico on Sat, Oct 3 2009

Filed under: crime punishment video

WSJ: In DC at the Economic Club, Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson again proposes a straight, rebated tax on carbon emissions (OR, climate policy gamesmanship & the importance of being earnest)

Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson has done it again*, by proposing in a speech on October 1 in Washington, D.C. that the U.S. shelve cap-and-trade legislative approaches to managing greenhouse gas emissions in favor of direct carbon taxes that are rebated to consumers...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Sat, Oct 3 2009

Filed under: Bob Murphy, Rob Bradley, Exxon, Tillerson, carbon tax

Michigan's Governor Granholm has no clue

The Michigan state legislature has avoided another shutdown of the state government by passing a budget resolution that gives them another month to craft a budget that meets the needs of the state. The Republicans are holding firm on not raising taxes...

Posted to Ron Morley's Freedom Blog by Ronald D. Morley on Fri, Oct 2 2009

Filed under: regulation, economy, Michigan

"THE FREE-MARKET HAS FAILED!"

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Posted to wcoltd by wcoltd on Fri, Oct 2 2009

Quiten sus presuntuosas manos de mi comida preparada

Por Charlotte Allen. (Publicado el 30 de septiembre de 2009) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí http://mises.org/story/3730 . Justo cuando sufrimos la peor crisis económica desde la Depresión...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Fri, Oct 2 2009

Filed under: Charlotte Allen, consumismo, Ellen Ruppel Shell, Michael Pollan

Bob Murphy spins shallow "Blockbuster study" by coal lobby on cap and trade bill

The coal- and utility-funded "free-market think tank" Institute of Energy Research has a just released another study that tells us the obvious about the regressive consequences of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill and the benefits likely...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Oct 2 2009

Filed under: carbon pricing, Coal, statism, Bob Murphy, Rob Bradley, Exxon, IER, political capitalism

Bob Murphy on climate change at Antiwar Radio; a puppet for the "King Coal" hand that feeds him?

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Oct 2 2009

Filed under: Coal, Bob Murphy, cap and trade, climate change, IER, Scott Horton

Steve Milloy criticizes GE’s "smart-meter profiteering" via green mandates, but ignores state grants of "public utility" monopolies

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Thu, Oct 1 2009

Filed under: rent-seeking, Coal, power, obama, Steven Milloy, GE, problem-solving, Immelt

Will Congress disobey the Consitution, again? Yes, if it passes Obama's health care "reforms"

One of the things which has gotten less attention than it needs in all the noise that has been generated by the debate over health care reform is one that is fundamental to not only health care, but the very manner in which our country is governed. Simply...

Posted to Ron Morley's Freedom Blog by Ronald D. Morley on Thu, Oct 1 2009

Filed under: constitution, health care, Federal power, Federal mandates