March 31, 2006

That Felt Good!

Lynne Kiesling Phew, it felt good to write a post like that last one. You’ve probably noticed some self-censoring going on here at KP over the past couple of months. The reason for that is that I was doing some expert testimony analysis on a retail competition issue, and felt the need to hold back …

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Evaluating Electricity “Deregulation” in a Period of Rising Fuel Costs

Lynne Kiesling Periods of rising costs make it hard to be a market process supporter. Nowhere is this more true than in electric power, where a century of regulator-regulated co-dependency has created a culture of price control. Right now Maryland is the center of this debate, triggered by economic and political motives, including rising natural …

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Posner, Kling Cynical About Government Reorganizations

Michael Giberson At EconLog, Arnold Kling challenges James Pinkerton?s push for reorganization of the federal government into five super-departments. Kling cites a former colleague of his as saying, ?When they don’t know what to do, they re-org.? Kling writes: A re-organization like the [proposed] plan would create all sorts of uncertainty about where people fit …

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