Archive for the ‘Policy’ Category
Cap and Trade Carbon Markets
There is an interesting post on Slate’s “The Big Money” website that points out what it believes to be a hidden secret about the recently passed (in the House) climate bill. It is a well-thought-out piece, and it makes many good point — though I think it requires some discussion. To recap, the House bill [...]
July 13, 2009
Posted in: Economics, Policy 
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Papal Encyclical: Pope Benedict and the Economy
Pope Benedict XVI has issued a Papal encyclical that gives the Vatican’s stance on the need to rethink the world economy. The Pope is critical of markets and calls for an international organization to regulate markets world-wide. Why exactly the Pope is weighing in on economic issues is a bit beyond me. Part of it [...]
July 8, 2009
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Krugman: Universal Healthcare Can Work
In his latest editorial, Paul Krugman argues that universal health care can be affordable. He makes to points. First he reminds us that a large proportion of people who are currently uninsured are young and cost very little to insure. Second, he states that many of the uninsured are receiving treatment in emergency rooms and [...]
July 6, 2009
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The Great Game Version Two?
When everyone is dead the Great Game is finished. Not before.
-Hurree Babu in Rudyard Kipling’s, Kim, 1901
The Great Game describes the behind-the-scenes diplomacy and spy games played by the British and Russians for supremacy in Central Asia during the mid and late 1800s. Made famous by the Rudyard Kipling novel, Kim, it was a [...]
July 3, 2009
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Flying and Child Safety Seats
There is a thread currently going on at Flyertalk, my favorite website, about whether or not to mandate child safety seats for small children, who currently travel in their parent’s lap. The reasoning is that in any heavy turbulence, a parent may not be able to hold the child, thus putting that child in danger. [...]
June 30, 2009
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