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Lou Dobbsian Economics Put into Practice in Russia

Tough new laws limiting job opportunities for immigrants have been introduced in Russia.

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Thank God the Congress is a Deliberative Body

“But unlike the real Klingons of Star Trek….” Representative David Wu of Oregon has raised the level of debate in Congress. Hat Tip: Reason‘s Hit & Run.

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Stuff from the Attic: Defense of Property

While I’m still ailing I’m taking the time to sort through and throw away tons of papers. I found the Summer 2002 issue of Boston Review, an interesting lefty journal,…

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What We Take for Granted….

I’ve had a bad string lately. After the nasty (and still lingering) virus, I woke up yesterday with one of those sore throats that threatens to squeeze tears from the…

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The Final Step in the Disastrous Implementation of a Disastrous Decision

And now, A Recipe for Being in the Middle of a Horrifying Civil War (one that, it should not be forgotten, was occasioned by the decision of this government to…

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Fordism

BBC Headline: ” State pays Ford not to close factories.”

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An Irishman Explains a Scotsman

I strongly recommend rushing out to your bookstore (or typing in your favorite online book service) to buy P.J. O’Rourke’s very witty and very clear book On the Wealth of…

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Be Forewarned: This Flu is Nasty

I’ve been deathly ill for the last several days with the worst flu (I think that’s what it is) I’ve had in years: fever, gasto-distress, nausea, headaches, and more. Don’t…

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A Reputation for Studying Reputation

Avner Greif is one of the most interesting scholars working today to understand the problem of the emergence of complex forms of order. Christopher Faille has an interesting review of…

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Petro-Socialists on the March to Immiseration!

“We’re heading toward socialism, and nothing and no-one can prevent it.” Hugo Chavez

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