The Red White and Blue Pill
I am the very model of a Stable Genius Liberal.
Prices out of Park Slope: America needs more filtering and less gentrification.
it’s still possible to step back from the distributive conflict, and say that as long as we’re parceling out a fixed supply of Park Slope someone is going to get stuck with that longer subway ride. But if you can actually make more Park Slope—either by building more houses there or improving the quality of subway access to other parts of Brooklyn—then you’re making progress on a more fundamental level.
Drones don’t target U.S. citizens. They kill them overseas as collateral damage.
For months, members of Congress have asked to see memos from Obama’s Office of Legal Counsel that outline the lawfulness of the administration’s targeting policies. The White House has been stonewalling them. Why? One reason may be that some of the memos are defective early drafts. The Times says that after Obama’s lawyers wrote their first memo, they discovered by reading a blog that they hadn’t taken into account a federal law that seemed to prohibit drone strikes on American citizens abroad.
Worth a read.
Berlusconi sentenced to one year in jail
Good riddance.
When Europe began its infatuation with austerity, top officials dismissed concerns that slashing spending and raising taxes in depressed economies might deepen their depressions. On the contrary, they insisted, such policies would actually boost economies by inspiring confidence. But the confidence fairy was a no-show. Nations imposing harsh austerity suffered deep economic downturns; the harsher… Continue reading Untitled
Austerity. The best way to go from developed nation to emerging market.
A major fund manager has reclassified Greece from a developed to an emerging market, in an unprecedented move reflecting the “unfortunate economic tailspin” of the Greek economy, which has threatened the future of the euro.
Of course, the solution will be, More Austerity! It always is.
Not since OJ Simpson has there been this kind of useless extended coverage of a white vehicle in motion#PopeBenedict February 28, 2013
How to Make School Lunches Healthier
A better option was to replace these snacks with an array of fruits. This way, when students were waiting to check out, the impulse temptations were healthier options. Fruit sales increased, snack food sales decreased, and total revenue did not significantly decrease.
Oddly enough, the same sales techniques used to sell junk food work to sell fruits and veggies.
White House Grants Aaron Swartz’s Wish: Taxpayer-Funded Research Will Be Free
This is such a no-brainer that I am shocked it took 15 years from first suggestion to approval.
Economics 101 tells us to be very cautious about attempts to legislate market outcomes. Every textbook — mine included — lays out the unintended consequences that flow from policies like rent controls or agricultural price supports. And even most liberal economists would, I suspect, agree that setting a minimum wage of, say, $20 an hour… Continue reading Untitled