Bryan Caplan at his best. The focus is on the USA, but the applicability is, unfortunately, universal.
PS. I am still reading Caplan’s “The Myth of the Rational Voter.
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Econlinks for 03-08-’07
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markets in everything edition: The Economist presents the black market for corpse brides in China; the truly nasty problem is that it comes with some scary incentives, given the scarcity of bridal corpses…
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1028 is the number of US economists that signed the recent petition against the (expected) Congress protectionist moves (link with the Dems general race-to-the-bottom economic policies that I was recently blogging about).
Patetic^2
Cat despre
a. decorarea post-mortem a Patriarhului de catre Presedintele Basescu (pur si simplu in calitatea defunctului de Patriarh al BOR si ignorand complet trecutul ‘problematic’–caveat lector: dovedit— al acestuia; Dan Tapalaga e singurul jurnalist-analist-etc.
→ Read more Highly recommended: ‘Intelectualii publici- mod de intrebuintare’
Ultimul capitol din cartea lui Adrian Gavrilescu, “Noii precupeti. Intelectualii publici din Romania de dupa 1989” (carte despre care am mai scris aici si aici) e un sumar-epilog excelent al unui studiu deosebit de interesant si, din cate stiu, unic in peisaj autohton.
→ Read more Best “Political Compass” so far. And where I stand on the left-right political-economic plan
You should do this ‘politiquiz‘ (particularly if you are already a politician/ decision maker or consider a career in this direction :-)). There are lots of things that can still be improved in it, but it is the best “where you stand on the political/ economic dimensions” questionnaire I’ve encountered so far.
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