…sold at major retailers today, such as legendary Half of Fame MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan’s private label beef that is carried exclusively at Kroger stores, or at his private label…

Robert Waldmann I think that a popular approach to welfare economics requires simultaneously holding two contradictory beliefs. 1) Utility is not comparable across individuals so we can only say whether…

…metric welfare must stay the same, so it can’t be that everyone is better off. This is true under the assumptions of the first welfare theorem. One key assumption is…

…whatsoever in this political climate. And I do not think it would be a reasonable solution for a program that is successful exactly because it is NOT WELFARE. Raising the…

…as well. The people who are supposed to be the cogs in the engine of capitalism. A funny thing happened on the way out of “welfare reform” (discussed by Robert…

I have been promising to write something constructive and forward looking about how to undo the damaging effects of the 1996 welfare reform (which recently struck again). I don’t really…

…physicians what they already k new, Depakote was a very valuable medication for “off-label” (unapproved uses). In the irony department, prescribing and administering Depakote for off-label uses is legal, and…

…information about products’ energy use. Label is voluntary, and Congress ordered it The Energy Star label is voluntary for products that meet certain efficiency levels, and differs from Department of…

…there is the slightest bit of opposition to this new welfare entitlement being created, then all of a sudden we hate women. He then explained his position thusly: I personally…

…I know, no politician dares discuss reversing welfare reform. I think the still widely accepted conclusion that welfare reform was a great success is based on two gross and obvious…