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Helicopter Money
If you aren’t familiar with this expression by now, you shortly will be. In just two recent days, articles on this subject popped up in The Wall Street Journal (here and here) and the Economist (here). Both the European Central … Continue reading
We Need Freedom, Not “Religious Freedom”
BloombergView has recently run a couple of articles that point out the absurdities that arise when the modern religion of political correctness (PC) collides with one of the old ones. The first is entitled “Hollywood Values Rule” and it describes … Continue reading
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China Innovates: A New Way to Lie with Numbers
The Wall Street Journal has just run an article about the latest data manipulation coming out of China. China is experiencing strong currency outflows. This is a combination of “hot money” from outside China, which came into the country to … Continue reading
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Double or Quits
I have just finished reading an article entitled “Fight or Flight: America’s Choice in the Middle East” in Foreign Affairs (behind the subscription blocker here). It is written by Kenneth Pollack from the Brookings Institution.[1] It makes a strong case … Continue reading
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David Collum: Year in Review
I have previously flagged David Collum’s annual review in this blog. I have just finished reading his review for 2015, which I am now distributing to you. Collum’s review is subtitled “scenic vistas from mount stupid” and it is dedicated … Continue reading
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South Carolina
The South Carolina primary, scheduled for this Saturday, is shaping up to be a pivotal event in the GOP nomination. There is a very good chance that this vote will produce the winnowing of the field that will mark the … Continue reading
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Young Turkeys Do Vote for Thanksgiving
The Economist has recently run a special report on the young, concluding that the roughly 1.8 billion people in the world between the ages of 15 to 30 are an “oppressed minority.” The report identified a number of policies that … Continue reading
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Donald Trump: Crony Capitalist Par Excellence
The Wall Street Journal has just run a lengthy, front-page article entitled “Trump and His Debts: A Narrow Escape.” The article makes clear that Trump is a crony capitalist par excellence. It’s a well-known fact that Trump was in deep … Continue reading
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Land Use and Misuse: Crony Capitalism Goes Local
In his New Year message, David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, promised to tackle the “moral outrage” of the UK’s housing crisis which is pricing “hard-working young people” out of the market. Hopefully, this will be the … Continue reading
ISIS (Part Three)
In the first two parts of this series we talked about the “forward defence” and the “defend the border” strategies for responding to ISIS terrorism. Today, we will talk about the last alternative to emerge from the presidential candidates, which … Continue reading
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