The specter that will not die. This is the most important election in my lifetime.
Category Archives: Economics
“A Penny For NASA”
…would most likely be wasted, just as much of NASA’s budget is now.
The Private Sector
…isn’t doing just fine, Mr. President.
[Afternoon update]
Instapundit has a lot of links. This seems (appropriately) to have resulted in a firestorm of criticism of the economic ignoramus. I agree with John Hinderaker that it is redolent of his intrinsically socialist mindset.
[Update later afternoon]
What goes around, comes around.
This also points out just how incompetent McCain and his campaign were, compared to Romney.
And how not-so-brilliant the Obama team is/was. They were lucky. Their luck has run out, I think.
Cronyism Alert
The next farm bill. We’re still clearly a long way from either party taking spending and the deficit seriously.
“Free Enterprise”
I’m glad to see that Romney isn’t using the word “capitalism.” This is a much better formulation.
High-Speed Rail
Is California the death knell? Let’s hope so, at least for government-subsidized systems. I do think that an LA-Vegas run could make sense.
Britain
“…is already dead — it just hasn’t been buried yet.”
The Diet Debacle
“Two seemingly benign nutritional maxims are at the root of all dietary evil: A calorie is a calorie, and You are what you eat. Both ideas are now so entrenched in public consciousness that they have become virtually unassailable. As a result, the food industry, aided and abetted by ostensibly well-meaning scientists and politicians, has afflicted humankind with the plague of chronic metabolic disease, which threatens to bankrupt health care worldwide.”
We’ve had the green revolution. Now we need a new revolution in food tech that provides adequate healthy food for the world.
[Update a few minutes later]
“Is this any way to lose weight?” Yes. I’ve been eating like this for a year and a half, and I’ve lost ten pounds (though that wasn’t the goal). Fat doesn’t make you fat. Carbs do.
[Early afternoon update]
A testimonial from Bruce Webster.
The Culture That Is Washington DC
“Every paragraph is terrifying.”
One recent arrival says word has gotten out to new graduates that Washington is where the work is. “It’s a place where a liberal-arts major can still get a job,” she says, “because you don’t need a particular skill.”
Doesn’t that just say it all? Particularly when it comes to the president.
More Space Property Rights Discussion
Over at Open Market, I respond to criticism from Eric Dawson.