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Writing books about the Obama Administration is a lucrative business for journalists, particularly those who can get inside access. From the Washington Post: When it comes to pursuing sources, the authors who work for major news organizations have a key advantage. They are in regular touch with Obama aides for their day jobs and can obtain [...] Douglas Holtz-Eakin (former director of the CBO from 2003-5) recently published an excellent article in the New York Times documenting government deception regarding the budget numbers used to pass healthcare. To those who claim that the CBO considers the bill good for the federal budget, he has this to say (italics mine): How can the budget [...] I have blogged in the past regarding the fact that what I care about is not policy successes, so much as more people becoming libertarians. (Read the comments in that post, too.). Poor policies, like those being billed as healthcare “reform”, are simply a symptom of an underlying problem, people having poor ideas regarding economics [...] 1. California’s insurance regulations have forced WellPoint to increase its premiums. As expected, the politicians are using the company as a scapegoat. More here. 2. A superintendent in Rhode Island has confronted unionized teachers by firing an entire school’s staff. 3. Tyler Cowen makes the case for a VAT. Generally good ideas, given the (bad) options among [...] Laughter is the best medicine… (Via Students for Liberty.) Chris sends my way this article on how too much government has been slowly sucking the blood out of California. I wonder if California suffers from a kind of resource curse. Normally, the resource curse is used to explain why countries with an abundance of natural resources have underperforming economies and corrupt governance. In California’s [...] |
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