"Reason" and "Division of Labour"

There is an interesting back and forth brewing between Reason and Division of Labour. Check it out here.

The Sub-Prime Issue in Everyday Terms

HT: Greg Mankiw

What You Can Get Me For Christmas

Classic.

To Protect, Serve, and Paint Big Bullseyes

Fark Headline: "In an effort to reduce crime, police are placing yellow tags on cars in shopping centers that have visible packages inside. Now potential thieves no longer have to look in every car - just the ones tagged by police"

How True . . .

Recent Fark Headline: "Congress prepares to take on credit card company practices because if there's anyone who's an expert on sound fiscal practices, it's Congress"

There's Always a Better Way to Waste Money

The EU has managed to, once again, demonstrate its unrivaled prowess in exercises of governmental stupidity: it is handing out money to lobbying groups so that those groups are on an equal footing with corporations - in terms of lobbying. That's right, the EU is giving the lobbyists the money with which the lobbyists lobby the EU. Stunning.

One note - apparently, Greenpeace was the only group that refused the money.