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The Socialist Temptation

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Last time I was in DC, a couple weeks ago, I tried to have lunch with Iain Murray, but it turned out that he wasn’t downtown, but was at home writing a forthcoming book.

It seems a little spendy, though, if you want to get young people to read it (which should be the goal). Maybe they’ll also have an ebook.

[Update a while later]

If you click here, you’ll tell the publisher that you’d like to see a Kindle edition.

Business, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society

Starliner Woes

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It continues to look worse and worse for Boeing. I’m almost starting to wonder if it will ever fly. SpaceX can do the job for less money, and it may not be that long before either Dreamchaser or Starship is flying (though it’s not clear that the latter will be capable of docking with the ISS).

[Update a few minutes later]

Comments over there are (deservedly, IMO) brutal.

[Update Monday afternoon]

“We don’t know how many software errors we have.”

[Bumped]

Business, Economics, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Technology and Society

California’s War On The Gig Economy

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The Democrats in the House wants to make the brutality national.

I was approached by a guy in the Costco parking lot the other day with a petition to repeal AB5. I happily signed it (though I’m not registered to vote in CA). I don’t think that Sacramento understands how angry people get when you wipe out their livelihood. Fortunately, Cocaine Mitch will kill this monstrosity in the Senate.

[Late-morning update]

In California, protecting workers means outlawing their jobs.