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Hat tip: Walter Williams, by way of Don Boudreaux “Say No to the Auto Bailout,” by Daniel J. Mitchell
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Back from the UK
I got the noon flight yesterday from Heathrow to Dulles, managed to get through immigration, collect my bags, and get to the office for a few hours of trying-to-get-reorganized time….
Kennedies, Bushes, and Clintons: Welcome to the Decline of a Republic amid Dynastic Struggles
Senate seat for Caroline Kennedy would extend legacy “Remember, [Clinton’s] seat in the Senate was once held by Robert Kennedy,” CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider said Saturday. “Her other…
Another View of the Icelandic Banking Crisis
From the Wall Street Journal, by Hannes Homstein Gissurarson, “Iceland Abandoned: Brown’s actions helped to worsen the island’s financial crisis.”
What’s Wrong With this Title? “Hyperinflation forces Zimbabwe to print $200 million notes”
Imagine life like this: The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe had capped maximum daily withdrawals at 500,000 Zimbabwean dollars: about 25 U.S. cents, or about a quarter of Thursday’s price of…
Financial Crisis in Russian
(And in English.)
A Visit to Malaysia
Bryan Caplan has an interesting take here. (Libertarian commentary from Malaysia, in English and Bahasa Melayu, can be found here.)
Beth Hoffman, Sorely Missed
It was a terrible shock to hear of the death of Beth Hoffman. I had known Beth for years before becoming a trustee of FEE (for nine years). I had…
An Exhausting Week
I’ve had a very busy week so far in England. The reunion of alumni of the Institute for Humane Studies and the Freedom Week on Monday was really delightful. The…
On the Move
I’m meeting with my colleague Diogo Costa, Editor of OrdemLivre.org, who just returned from a very successful trip through his native Brazil, where the Portuguese edition of Economic Freedom of…