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If intra-family altruism counts as an economic motive, why not other forms?
Archive for June, 2011
June 17th, 2011
I’ve been writing various things on this issue, following up the Illinois audit study I cited the other day. Here is one additional kibitz, cross-posted on TCF’s Taking Note. As two great philosophers have noted, it’s odd to see Republicans touting low Medicaid reimbursement rates as an argument against health reform. These arguments make little [...]
June 17th, 2011
Category: Drug Policy, Spirituality and Religion
The Hopkins team zeroes in on the Goldilocks dose of psilocybin.
June 16th, 2011
Category: Uncategorized
Andy posted a nice piece here. Does private property protect natural capital? He provided a sophisticated economic analysis (and I like that!). Harvard’s Rob Stavins offers a concise account of how economists view these issues in this new paper. In contrasting resources such as copper and trees, Stavins writes; “The irony is obvious: many nonrenewable [...]
June 16th, 2011
Category: Uncategorized
Malibu has some nice coastal property and the rich want to live it up on their private property but the state’s Coastal Commission wields some power. Do you feel sorry for The Edge? To quote the article; “The proposal led by the musician, whose real name is David Evans, called for five multilevel homes of [...]
June 16th, 2011
Category: Pakistan
Is it time to write off our relationship with the Pakistani Army and ISI as a bad investment?
June 15th, 2011
Category: Health and Medicine, Medicaid
Audit studies here in Cook County confirm the obvious: Medical specialists are reluctant to treat kids on public insurance.
June 15th, 2011
Category: Watching Conservatives
House Republicans are censoring Democrats’ constituent mail criticizing the Ryan plan to end Medicare. Riposte: send mail protesting the censorship.
June 15th, 2011
Category: Energy and Environment, Libertarianism
Libertarians often say that public lands should be handed over to the private sector, which has an incentive to conserve them. But doesn’t the same logic that leads them to hate teachers’ unions also imply that forest rangers will do anything to preserve the forests that provide their cushy jobs?
June 15th, 2011
Category: Uncategorized
The map of counties with decreasing life expectancy among women looks a lot like the map of counties that voted more Republican in 2008 than they had in 2004.