How World Leaders “Help” the Poor Tighten Their Belts Even More
Yes, thanks to world leaders (including our own) we are all worse off. The hungry will be getting hungrier.
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Archive for June, 2008
Some Bear Facts re Intended and Unintended Consequences
Reducing the threat of prosperity while making bears worse off at the same time — read about it here.
Hat tip: Instapundit
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Two Interesting Empirical Insights from Mark Perry
The first has to do with how ethanol has muscled out alternative uses of farm land: Thanks to government for higher food prices and damage to the environment. Your tax dollars at work. The second has to do with the recent media’s trumpeting of high jobless claims. It turns out that the raw numbers of [...]
Bringing Home the Bacon
Congrats to our congress critters! We rank number two in ripping off the other 49. Only Alaska does better.
Hat tip: Newmark’s Door w/ link via Instapundit.
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Cartoon of the Day
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Western biofuel policies ‘incomprehensible,’ says UN
As predicted, our thirst for ethanol is causing others to hunger for food. An article by Leigh Phillips at EUobserver: A UN summit in Rome gathering together world leaders and food and agriculture experts has seen a showdown on EU and US biofuels policies and agricultural subsidies. One UN official called the policies “incomprehensible,” while [...]