2011 Hayek Book Prize Nomination Form The Manhattan Institute is currently gathering nominations for our Hayek Prize, which will honor the book published within the past two years that best reflects F.A. Hayek’s vision of economic and individual liberty. The winner of the Hayek Prize will be given a $50,000 cash award and asked to […]
Nominations are due by Friday, March 11, 2011.
Who is sharing
I found this little reminder of who is sharing to fix the deficits: Tax policy center
Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance and the Trade Deficit Both Increase
Mark Thoma at Maximum Utility has conclusions on the figures for creation of jobs and trend in trade deficits: (reposted with permission of the author) Figures on the trade balance and new claims for unemployment insurance are out this morning, and the news isn’t as good as hoped. First, initial claims increased: In the week […]
Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill Ending Public Bargaining Rights
Wisconsin Senate Passes Bill Ending Public Bargaining Rights by Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism writes on this evening’s news on Wisconsin political conflicts. Reposted. After claiming repeatedly in the media that the fight to end public worker bargaining rights was all about the budget, Governor Walker stripped the collective bargaining provisions out of the budget […]
Topical thread March 9, 2011
Atlas Shrugs: The musical or other scary variations
by Mike KimelCross posted at the Presimetrics blog. The inimitable TBogg has a clip from the upcoming movie Atlas Shrugs, Part 1. The book is so long and so interminable that the movie has to be done in three pieces. The clip has to be seen – words don’t do it justice. And while at […]
Open thread March 9, 2011
Means testing for social Security
In order to make this timely I am cut and pasting a note from CEPR pointing to the efficacy of cutting spending in the Social Security through means testing. The MSM and politicians have proposed this and raising the retirement age as answers to ‘the deficit’ crisis, some commenters indicating a ‘tipping point’ of disaster […]
Health Care thought: Cost versus Benefit
Health Care thought: Cost versus Benefit Sixteen year old Wes Leonard made a dramatic last second shot to win a tournament game for Fenville High School in Michigan. Then he fell on the floor and died from cardiac arrest due to an enlarged heart. Every year young athletes die during and after games, many in […]