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Bob Murphy speculates on "The Benefits of Procrastination: The Economics of Geo-Engineering" - Cui Bono?

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Sat, Dec 19 2009

Filed under: geo-engineering, climate change, Bob Murphy, David Henderson

Ron Paul on the environment and energy

1. There is an excellent interview of Dr. Ron Paul now up at Grist, the environmental news and commentary site, that explores some of his views on environmental and energy issues. I am with him in principle but think he has underestimated the seriousness...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Thu, Oct 18 2007

Filed under: climate, environment, state, republicans, energy, ron paul

Pirates of the Arabian

Perhaps the most surprising thing about these pirate attacks in the Arabian Sea is that no one in the media has used the phrase, 'Pirates of the Ar-a-bian.' I guess I'll be the first. Afterall, journalists the world over are already borrowing...

Posted to Not-a-Lemming by FutbolGuru on Wed, Apr 15 2009

Don't legislate me

Growing up with five brothers, my parents had to be particularly careful that they were seen to be fair and just if all out war was not to ensue over the most trivial matters. One technique that we often used was that whoever cut the cake was the last...

Posted to Money Memes by jimmy on Thu, Feb 5 2009

Filed under: Bruno Leoni, Common Law, Legislation, Law, Freedom

A View from the Trenches, May 2nd, 2011: "We understand you, Ben"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: may-2-2011 Today we could discuss the most important developments that have unfolded since we last wrote on April 18th. We could discuss the rationale of Greece’s debt restructuring, the monetary...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, May 2 2011

Comment to Bob Murphy on whether "Cap and Trade" is a "market solution"

I copy below comments I made on June 11 (Tokyo time) on Bob Murphy 's June 4 blog post, Cap and Trade Is Not a "Market Solution" , that have apparently been held up for moderator approval (perhaps because my three links triggered the blog's...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Thu, Jun 5 2008

Filed under: Richard Tol, climate change, Weitzman, Nordhaus, Bob Murphy, cap and trade, Mankiw

Re: Beware The Chartist

Burt Blumert wrote an interesting article on LRC about chartists (or market-technicians). While I certainly understand Mr. Blumert's sentiment, I don't entirely agree with him. I think a major error that many chartists make is that they think...

Posted to Love of Liberty by ChrisR on Sat, Oct 4 2008

Filed under: stock market

Does the LRC post on "When Goliath Is the ‘Victim’" refer to BP?

So I wondered when I saw William Grigg' s "When Goliath Is the ‘Victim’" post at LRC last month. The first paragragh hinted at the answer, while leaving me hopeful: How does one simultaneously swagger and simper? Is it possible...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Wed, Jan 5 2011

[More beef added] Kochs' determination to buy political influence raises fears about their funding of free-market econ chairs at FSU

As many a university has been started or funded by wealthy men, the whole situation is absurd - particularly because the real problem with education now is the massive perverse influence of government funding, mandates and subsidies. Are people afraid...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, May 10 2011

Filed under: FSU professors spark debate over donor money

As insects increasingly bite into rice crops, who should pay for crop research?

Keeping ahead of crop diseases and pests is a continual challenge, particularly as climate and weather patterns change. This challenge is in part compounded by the involvement of governments around the world in in subsidizing the consumption of certain...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Sun, May 18 2008

Filed under: climate change, food, research, adaptation, famine, rice, subsidies

A View from the Trenches, September 14th, 2009: "Liquidity still rules"

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com Let me begin by saying that last Friday’s action in the markets was very interesting. This is a view that I don’t think analysts would share. But nevertheless, I am willing...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Sun, Sep 13 2009

Sad: in a numbskull post, "libertarian" Ron Bailey touts cost-benefit analysis as justification for offshore oil drilling, ignores issues of who benefits, who loses & who decides

Given the dearth of sensible libertarian commentary at LvMI on the ongoing Gulf of Mexico disaster, I thought I'd see if Reason Online's science reporter Ron Bailey had anything useful to say. (I've occasionally found Bailey's comments...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Jun 18 2010

Regulate This...

I never cease to be amazed with the American people’s faith in government regulation. Business must be regulated to protect the consumer, and personal behavior must be regulated to protect everyone from the actions of others as well as themselves...

Posted to rrt00004 by rrt00004 on Sun, Nov 21 2010

Real entrepreneurs don’t take bribes from the state

The Israeli government is trying to lure back some of the hundreds of thousands of Israeli expatriates with “tax breaks, employment and small business loans.” The campaign is set to cost $36 million a year. Israeli politicians must realize on some level...

Posted to Radical Idealism by David V on Mon, Dec 10 2007

Filed under: Kibbutz, enterpreneurship

Economics in One Lesson校译之12. The Drive for Exports

The Drive for Exports 第12章出口狂热 EXCEEDED ONLY BY the pathological dread of imports that affects all nations is a pathological yearning for exports. Logically, it is true, no thing could be more inconsistent. In the long run imports and exports must equal...

Posted to dingdong by Dingdong Pu on Sat, Jul 4 2009