I’d be interested to learn what percentage of those incensed that some would ask for donations, are okay with money being forcibly taken. BBC – Travel – You travel. Who pays? - There is a growing trend among travellers of using the internet…
Misc.
A Few Random Morning Links …
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10 Classic TV Shows You Still Can’t Watch Online – ReadWrite When in Rome, Eat Like an Expat – NYTimes.com (via ACL) The 10 Greatest US Public Markets That Met the Wrecking Ball With a name like ‘Roger Bannister’ I’m surprised…
education
More on Student Loan Debt Forgiveness …
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Fantastic, and dead-on sentiments. Enjoy the vid. Your Student Loan Shall Not Be Forgiven : The Freeman: In the world of finance, “debt forgiveness” is not the same thing as regular forgiveness, wherein the aggrieved party absolves you of guilt…
books
Manhattan Fact of The Day – Equine Edition
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From A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World’s Most Legendary Watch by Stacy Perman. Think about the daily pollution, filth, and disease that existed on city streets prior to the advent of the automobile. A nod to Dr. Boudreaux…
economics, healthcare
Econ 101: Medicaid Edition
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When you make the price (ceteris paribus) of a normal good lower (approaching or actually at zero), you should not be at all surprised when more people partake. [ Don't miss what Megan McArdle has to say on this. ] This isn’t…
economics
Boudreaux on Complexity
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Wonderful column, worth the read. If only those with grand designs would understand their hubris. And the classic quote via The Unbroken Window: The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what…
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A Few Random Morning Links …
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The Antikythera SunMoon is amazing The WordSpy site is awesome: Word Spy – organ recital & Word Spy – cli-fi Vulcain’s retrotastic Nautical Seventies #want The Phantasm movies are a guilty pleasure Blaming the victim? NYT article accuses Apple of not doing enough to prevent…
government
Another Reason To Privatize, & Canada’s FAA
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Excellent points here, and I didn’t realize Canada had privatized their FAA. The entire brief column is worth a read. Also check out this: Privatize almost everything. Democrats lose sequester battle: USA Today - Glenn Harlan Reynolds: But there’s another lesson in…