OK, this is very interesting … I tested the text wrapping by resizing the window in Netscape, Mozilla Firebird, and Mac Safari, and the page behaves as it is supposed to. In Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, however, it does not. If you are using IE to view this page, you will notice that the text is …
I hope you like the changes! New links, new colors, the ability to comment, all are snappy improvements. Welcome! I look forward to good conversations.
I discovered today talking to an Italian friend that in my post the other day describing how upset I was at not getting this house, I said that I was “very painful”. Well … who’da thunk that “dolorosa” meant painful? So to correct my error, I have to say that I have had “una settimana …
On Monday Arnold Kling posted a a comment on a commentary he wrote comparing Hayek and Stiglitz on information. As those of you who have given thought to the name of this site probably realize, this is a topic near and dear to my heart and mind. Even more so, because his commentary involves FCC …
Retail gasoline prices have been falling for the past month, due both to decreased demand in the post-Labor Day driving world and to increased supply. This AP story summarizes the results of the most recent Lundberg Survey, taken every two weeks throughout the year.
The Forbes 400 issue a couple of weeks back had an interesting Richard Karlgaard article entitled “Where To Get Rich”. In it he compares different cities in the US according to their abilities to attract, and keep, smart residents: Best place to make a future FORBES 400 fortune? Start with this proposition: The most valuable …
OK, getting the archives all here was a bit more torturous than I expected, but it’s done. New content is next …
1. Public Choice: Politics Without Romance, an article by James Buchanan, the Nobel laureate public choice theorist, in Policy magazine. 2. A very cool post Umair Haque on double moral hazard, risk, and the recording industry. Link courtesy of Carnival of the Capitalists. OK, now I’m going to go nurse my headache of disappointment with …
I am still feeling molto dolorosa, so have not much to say that sparkles with any wit or originality, but want to point out some good content on rent-seeking, a pet topic of mine for many, many reasons (hey, when you work on a regulated industry, rent seeking is a familiar bedfellow). Sunday’s Carnival of …
Been putting the final touches on some changes around here, as well as starting to grade midterms, and trying in vain to buy a house for the third time in two years. So today is a very unhappy day. Sorry for the ether silence. Please note also the new email address listed here, which is …
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