by Henry Oliner | Nov 29, 2008 | Random
I don’t know what I find more disturbing;The tragic terroristic assault in Mumbai or……the trampling to death of a Walmart employee by customers seeking bargain prices on worthless shit……… the day after...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 29, 2008 | Politics
The ‘Myth of the Rational Voter’ by Bryan Caplan offers an enlightening explanation of our political reality.1. Unlike market behavior voting behavior is irrational because the cost of being irrational is low. Unlike your decision on how to spend your money the impact...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 29, 2008 | Politics
The Republicans have been so dismembered that they will have little influence on Obama’s administration. He will likely find his real opponents within this own party.When Clinton was first elected the party pushed too far left, primarily with Hillary Health care and...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 28, 2008 | Health Care
The challenge to controlling health care cost is whether you can control cost without reducing choice. That is what sunk Hillary Care.If government wants to provide a benefit it should actually pay the cost. By forcing health care providers to take low reimbursements...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 27, 2008 | Economics
In the November 10, 2008 Newsweek, economist Robert Samuelson describes the economic shift with the phrase “affluent deprivation”. Income gains will be modest and largely siphoned by increases in taxes, energy costs, and health care spending.Growth which was largely...
