Lynne Kiesling Today the Supreme Court struck down the interstate wine shipment bans in several U.S. states. SCOTUSblog has the links to the decision documents. I’ve posted frequently here on the topic. According to this Wired story, By a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled that the bans involving out-of-state wineries unconstitutionally discriminated against interstate …
Lynne Kiesling I am in the airport on the way to Colorado to teach at the PFF Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics. Experiments, technology, Schumpeter, Coase, public choice, good conversations. What more could a girl ask for? Posting volume will be a function of time availability.
Lynne Kiesling Mike also forgot to mention that we have a working paper on network reliability’s public good aspects, which draws inspiration and policy implications relating to priority insurance.
Lynne Kiesling Last week while I was in nose-to-grindstone mode (and traveling too), Russ Roberts had a very nice post on the difficulties of the word “spontaneous” in “spontaneous order”, and in general the challenge that we dynamic, forward-looking, spontaneous order folks have in communicating our ideas clearly and persuasively. Like Russ, I have changed …
Lynne Kiesling In today?s Wall Street Journal, Rebecca Smith writes about changes under way in California (sub. req.) that would enable the three investor-owned utilities to offer their customers sophisticated digital meters and pricing options. The initiative that Smith describes is the culmination of a joint PUC/Energy Commission effort over the past three years to …
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Lynne Kiesling Thanks to the guys over at 2 Blowhards for their recent link to my recent energy bill rant. Since it’s generating readers, here’s more! But not from me. Here’s one from Jonathan Adler over at The Commons, with links to other commentaries. One of his links suggests that the “peak oil” corpses are …
Lynne Kiesling I do say! So does this this nifty little news story from northeastern Ohio. The story points out the importance of being able to compare prices, and how that transparency leads to the process of prices heading toward the competitive equilibrium. Hat tip: Division of Labour.
Lynne Kiesling Obesity has been much in the news lately, with last month’s study that indicates prior CDC extreme overestimates of the negative effects of obesity. Economist Steven Levitt waggishly observed that the information made eating fatty foods cheaper. And on these very pages I mused about the French paradox. Today comes two interesting additions …
Lynne Kiesling Last week’s Economist had several articles on energy policy, including this lead article on US energy policy and the energy bill that passed the House. This article does a nice job of pointing out what’s obvious, but obviously can’t be reiterated often enough, because it persists: US energy policy is a deeply-meshed rat’s …
Lynne Kiesling Chris at Stumbling & Mumbling has written a very thought-provoking why he won’t be voting in the UK election on Thursday. His reason 1 resonates with the standard Median Voter Theorem that we all know and love: 1. It?s none of my business. The main parties are targeting the self-interest of median voters …
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