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An example of government provision and positive harm

February 27, 2006

What if - every time you bought a bottle of Coca-Cola at the store, you were required also to purchase a bottle of Pepsi-Cola, even though you didn’t like it, and you would just throw it out or give it to someone else? At what price of Coca-Cola (and Pepsi) would you decide you […]

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On Morality in India, c. 2006

February 27, 2006

In The Bigger Morality, Yazad Jal, of Mumbai, India presents a great social commentary on the state of Morality in Indian affairs - specifically the backwards focus on sexual morality as it concerns the day-to-day life of present-day Indians. Jal believes (rightly so, I think) that the far greater measure is the economic morality, […]

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Wal-Mart & The Nanny-State

February 27, 2006

There are plenty of justifiable reasons to dislike Wal-Mart. The fact that they don’t give health-care to everyone they employ is not one of them. Afterall, each time a new store opens, they’re greeted with thousands of applicants competing for the hundred-odd positions. But something is terribly wrong when even the beneficiaries […]

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Marginal Irony

February 24, 2006

The ironic quote of the day comes from a group of Unions, currently negotiating with Novi, MI based Tower Automotive. Tower’s case is not dissimilar to the plight of other major automotive suppliers. Read the article in the Detroit Free Press, if you care.
“Tower’s management presently does not appear to be interested in […]

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