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Quick Hits

December 28, 2007

If gold is such an anachronism, why do governments maintain such large stockpiles of it?
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Who knew that the Unions are in favor of national healthcare?
Union members and outside experts said the UAW will have difficulty keeping its commitments unless the federal government has a national health care system within 5-15 years.
Always looking out for [...]

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Public Goods, 1906

September 26, 2007

According to the commemorative plaque in Lily Bay State Parke (ME), the first continuously operated forest-fire lookout station was established privately by M.G. Shaw Lumber Co., a private lumber company in the Moosehead Lake region of Maine, in 1906.

This is not the first time that the quasi-public good of fire protection was provided by [...]

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Futures Contracts - Markets in Everything

September 17, 2007

If you’re tired of ticket-scalpers snagging all the good seats (namely, all of them) to sporting events like the NCAA football championship game, the SuperBowl, MLB playoff games, etc., look no further than TicketReserve.com. (This is neither an endorsement of, or a recommendation to use TIcketReserve.com)
I’ve heard it advertised on the local [...]

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Questions

September 14, 2007

From Michigan: Why would a State government “shut-down” concurrently require Detroit’s casino resort to close? The state of Michigan has been notably lax in enforcing its agreements with the tribal casinos, I’m sure we can do without whatever regulators are generally present in Motown, too.
From the Democratic People’s Republic of California: Age profiling? [...]

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