Calling out the demagogues on their Bravo Sierra.
These liars are just contemptible.
Category Archives: Economics
Happy Marx Day
So why do we have a Labor Day anyway? What is it about “labor” that deserves a day off (isn’t that ironic) and a three-day weekend, but not (say) Entrepreneurs Day, or “People Who Have To Meet A Payroll” Day?
I know, I know, it was a reaction to some of the brutal labor practices and strikes of the later nineteenth century, particularly Pullman. But as Detroit exemplifies, we went too far in glorifying labor, and we don’t seem to care enough about the people who actually create the jobs, to the point of abuse. It’s not surprising that, in the wake of ridiculous overregulation (capped by ObamaCare) they’re going on strike, and we’re becoming a part-time nation, at best.
Climate Change
The World Federation of Scientists says it’s not a planetary emergency. So #ScienceSaysSo, right? #Consensus.
The Fast-Food Pay Strike
Is it the dumbest strike ever?
Well, that’s stiff competition, but I suppose some strike has to be.
This is fundamentally a Marxist strike. That is, their argument is not that they should be paid more because they are really worth more, but because they can’t live on the wage it pays (“…to each according to his need”). If they can’t live on burger flipping, then they should get a better job. If they can’t find a better job, maybe they should complain to the moron that most of them helped put in the White House who is waging war on job creators.
The Robot Revolution
Ignoring our fiscal issues, this is one of the biggest problems our society will face in the coming decades, I think.
[Update a while later]
This seems related, somehow: The ugly side of open borders. I agree with Mickey that charity and shaming are not the solution to hard-working but unskilled people.
Reusable Rockets
Megan Gannon has another article on this past weekend’s DC-X meeting in Alamagordo.
Mad-Men Economics
No, we can’t return to those ridiculously high post-war tax rates (which few people paid, anyway).
California’s High-Speed Pork Project
Will Elon Musk kill it?
Let’s hope.
A MannSuit Update
Jonathan Adler analyzes the current state of play.
Expect some breaking news (and good news, as far as I’m concerned) in the next couple days.
A Nuclear Reactor
…competitive with natural gas.
That’s quite a trick, considering how cheap fracking is making gas.
[Update a few minutes later]
Wrong link, fixed now. Sorry!