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	Quote of the day May 17, 2012 \| Author: Paul Tuns \| Source: Sobering Thoughts Quote of the day [read more]
	Quotation of the Day… May 17, 2012 \| Author: Don Boudreaux \| Source: Cafe Hayek … is from page 60 of the 2009 edition of H.L. Mencken’s 1926 Notes on Democracy; of course, by “laws” Mencken here means what is properly called “legislation”: Public policies are determined and laws are made by small minorities playing ... [read more]
	Right after I promised my ... May 17, 2012 \| Author: Paul Tuns \| Source: Sobering Thoughts Right after I promised my wife I won't buy any books for a while ... [read more]
	TSA Vandalism May 16, 2012 \| Author: David Friedman \| Source: Ideas A few weeks ago, my wife and I flew to Colorado to participate in an SCA event where we were teaching classes on medieval cooking, including a hands-on class at which we planned to actually cook several dishes. One required sourdough, s ... [read more]
	A Real Life Catch-22 May 16, 2012 \| Author: David Friedman \| Source: Ideas I recently received a phone call from Blue Cross for my son William. The call was fully automated—recordings and voice recognition. It asked if I was William. When I replied that I was not, it asked me to take a message for him. The mes ... [read more]
	Ptolemaic Economics… May 16, 2012 \| Author: Don Boudreaux \| Source: Cafe Hayek … with apologies to Ptolemy, who was a far better astronomer than mercantilists were, and are, economists. Here’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal: In the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, the Obama administration insists ... [read more]
	On EI reform Mr. Flaherty should stand firm May 16, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality The NDP are going after Finance Minister pretty hard for saying “there is no such thing as a bad job.” The NDP and its cohorts of illiterates seem to think that he is saying that no job is hard or that no job is low paying. This was cle ... [read more]
	The antiquated LCBO May 16, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality This excellent article appeared in Toronto Life: [read more]
	Successful Dieting: Report from a Sample Size of One May 15, 2012 \| Author: David Friedman \| Source: Ideas I have been somewhat overweight for a long time. In recent months, for the first time I can remember, I have succeeded in losing quite a lot of weight—something over twenty pounds—by dieting. The methods that turned out to work for me m ... [read more]
	The ongoing Ron Paul campaign May 15, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality Ron Paul is not actively campaigning but the movement is still going and the Ron Paul campaign hasn't officially dropped out. The truly interesting aspect of the Ron Paul phenomenon is the increasingly likely long term effects on the Re ... [read more]
	EI reform: any job is a good job May 15, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality The details have yet to come out but the intention behind the proposed Employment Insurance reform is a good one. The changes will take aim at individuals who collect EI but refuse employment on the basis that it is “beneath” their trai ... [read more]
	Quotation of the Day… May 15, 2012 \| Author: Don Boudreaux \| Source: Cafe Hayek … is from Jonathan Macey’s fine essay in today’s Wall Street Journal – an essay whose title, “Losing Money Isn’t a Crime,” is spot-on correct and germane: The real lesson of what J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon has called the bank’s “egregi ... [read more]
	A Man in Rural Nova Scotia May 14, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality This is being disseminated by the Manning Centre but it comes from Brian Lee Crowley of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. [read more]
	Read to your kids (and teach them about money) May 14, 2012 \| Author: Russ Roberts \| Source: Cafe Hayek The latest EconTalk episode is David Owen talking about how to teach your kids about money. It’s based on his book, The First National Bank of Dad. The last part of the book and the podcast talk about reading to your kids and how wonder ... [read more]
	Quotation of the Day… May 14, 2012 \| Author: Don Boudreaux \| Source: Cafe Hayek … is from John Tamny’s May 13th article “For De-Friending the U.S., Eduardo Saverin Is an American Hero“; Tamny here discussion’s Eduardo Saverin’s sensible move to keep more of what he’s earned – to justly protect his now-substantial p ... [read more]
	The Money Hole May 12, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality Oh The Onion [read more]
	Is Austerity to Blame for Europe's Economic Woes? May 11, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality How could it be? No one in Europe has actually tried it. [read more]
	More on Nordhaus and Global Warming May 11, 2012 \| Author: David Friedman \| Source: Ideas In a blog post a while back, I pointed out that William Nordhaus's work on the economics of global warming demonstrated a serious problem with policy arguments based on externalities—the risk, in dealing with something as uncertain as c ... [read more]
	A Mass-Market Electric Car? May 10, 2012 \| Author: David Friedman \| Source: Ideas I recently came across a news story on the Coda, a new electric car, and noticed that one of the few dealers was within a few miles of my house. Yesterday I stopped by, explained that I wasn't really in the market but was curious, and w ... [read more]
	Three and out May 9, 2012 \| Author: Paul Tuns \| Source: Sobering Thoughts Three and out [read more]
	When Europe realizes it is ... May 9, 2012 \| Author: Paul Tuns \| Source: Sobering Thoughts When Europe realizes it is in a hole, they dig twice as fast [read more]
	20th anniversary of the death of F.A. Hayek May 8, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality Brian Lee Crowley of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute wrote a great piece on the Austrian economist F.A. Hayek in the National Post. [read more]
	Paul Krugman and a new form of moral hazard May 7, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality Paul Krugman wrote a book that was published in 1999 called The Return of Depression Economics. One of the chapters explored the actions of the Federal Reserve during a financial crisis that had recently gripped America. This is how he ... [read more]
	Note to Toronto Star: doctors are not public sector workers May 4, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality In a recent news article a Toronto Star reporter referred to the Ontario Medical Association as “arguably the most powerful group of public sector workers in the province…” This is not accurate, doctors are not public sector workers. At ... [read more]
	Marie Martin, RIP May 4, 2012 \| Author: Paul Tuns \| Source: Sobering Thoughts Marie Martin, RIP [read more]
	Trudeau as next Liberal le ... May 4, 2012 \| Author: Paul Tuns \| Source: Sobering Thoughts Trudeau as next Liberal leader [read more]
	Forget about November May 4, 2012 \| Author: Paul Tuns \| Source: Sobering Thoughts Forget about November. What about 2016? [read more]
	Fraser Institute on Old Age Security reform May 3, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality Fraser Institute President Niels Velduis and Senior Research Economist Milagros Palacios write that the Federal Government is being too timid in it's plan to reform Old Age Security: [read more]
	Jon Will turns 40 May 3, 2012 \| Author: Paul Tuns \| Source: Sobering Thoughts Jon Will turns 40 [read more]
	Portland fines limos for charging too little May 2, 2012 \| Author: Hugh MacIntyre \| Source: Freedom Is My Nationality No you are not allowed to compete on price. Not in America baby! [read more]