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Let’s define public “spatial insurance” as transfers from the federal government to geographical areas such as cities that have experienced natural disasters or terrorist attacks. In this age of federal government deficits and the rise of the global insurance industry, should private insurance cover these events? Here is a cross-post I wrote about the financing of [...]
Archive for September, 2011
September 10th, 2011
I fly twice today on the dreaded date (It’s already 9/11 in England, despite what the post time says above), from London to Chicago and then on to San Francisco. I’ve had this routing and schedule before and was sad to see that there are more unsold seats today than usual. I didn’t book on [...]
September 9th, 2011
Category: Religion and Politics
Judah the Maccabee, defender of religious freedom? Not so much.
September 9th, 2011
Category: Crime Control
I’m on Page 4 of the introduction, and have already learned five important new things. I’ll probably try to write a formal review, but if you care about crime I’d advise you not to wait.
September 9th, 2011
Category: Uncategorized
These are strange days. Back in February 2011, David Levinson and I wrote a good policy paper for the Brookings Institution. We argue that that revenue from the gasoline tax should be directed to financing the repair of existing transport infrastructure and that a Transport Infrastructure bank should be created. For a copy of our [...]
September 8th, 2011
Category: Energy and Environment
What should we call policies that maximize current well-being through unsustainable environmental policies?