Michael Giberson Why are some people left-handed? Here’s some research reported in The Independent: It is known that left-handers tend to suffer more health problems and are at greater risk of serious accidents compared to right-handers. So, all other things being equal, the left-handed trait, which is largely genetic, should have died out long ago …
Michael Giberson In other FERC news, Platt’s is reporting that Chairman Pat Wood said the Commission would soon approve a policy statement to encourage transmission owners to either join regional transmission operators or completely divest their transmission to a third party. Wood told Platts Monday that the agency at its Dec 15 open meeting will …
Michael Giberson Maybe it is a sign that I have a warped soul, or perhaps I have gone over to the dark side. Whatever. In any case, what sounds really interesting and fun to do today would be attending a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission technical conference on Transmission Market Power and Barriers to Entry. Alas, …
Coming soon, a blog by Gary Becker and Richard Posner. Should be fun.
Michaal Giberson The future of broadband over power lines (BPL) may depend upon the outcome of a battle between an irresistible object and an immovable object. In this case the irresistible object is the potential value created by deployment of BPL, and the immovable object is the well-established law and principles of regulatory ratemaking. Ray …
Pat Lynch At a conference on economics and social processes that I attended this past weekend, Vernon Smith, raised an issue that has bugged me quite a bit since we began our invasion of Iraq. Why has this administration said so little publicly about the development of capitalism, not merely democracy, in Iraq? Vernon said …
Pat Lynch About five years ago a friend was visiting my home in Washington, DC (I’m a recovering academic from a previous life…..) and noticed a copy of Jack High and Clayton Coppin’s Politics of Purity on one of my cheap and ultimately doomed Ikea bookshelves. He turned, looked at me, and said “man, you …
Pat Lynch Have been consistently surprised and disappointed by the extended public and private mourning period the American left is wallowing in. The public hand-wringing over the values debate has obscured a more disturbing trend I’ve seen among Democrats – conceit. Implicit in a lot of the complaints from the left has been the notion …
Pat Lynch Greetings, and thanks to Lynne for allowing me to do a little posting here at Knowledge Problem. Pundits, politicians, and friends of mine have been picking over the exit poll data that have shown a remarkable turnout among core Republican voters, especially evangelical Christians. A lot has been made about how this election …
Michael Giberson As any college student can tell you, the halls of academe are filled with half-truths and superstition masquerading as wisdom. No, I?m not talking about liberal bias among the professoriat. I?m talking about the student-to-student guidance about which foods, drinks, and other substances one should eat, drink or otherwise ingest in the attempt …
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