by Henry Oliner | Jan 30, 2013 | Business, Economics, Politics
“Just as people have varying levels of faith in an “invisible God,” so people have differing degrees of belief in the beneficial “invisible hand” of capitalism and freedom. By faith, I mean a certain degree of confidence that, left to their own devices, individuals...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 29, 2013 | Islam, Israel
Victor Davis Hanson writes The Age of Tokenism in The National Review, 1/29/13 Excerpt: No one knows how to break the cycle of Middle East violence, much less how to address the tribalism, statism, lack of transparency and freedom, gender apartheid, religious...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Is making money bad? Would the world be a better place without money, as the young lass hoped (she was so cute—like a puppy explaining brain surgery). Well, without money, we would have to trade for stuff, a solution some protesters put forth as a replacement...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Gordon C rovitz writes in the Wall Street Journal Silicon Valley’s ‘Suicide Impulse’ 1/27/13 Excerpts: In 1999, economist Milton Friedman issued a warning to technology executives at a Cato Institute conference: “Is it really in the...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 26, 2013 | Business, Economics, Global Warming
First, Armstrong and Green contend that agreement among forecasters is not related to accuracy—and may reflect bias as much as anything else. “You don’t vote,” Armstrong told me. “That’s not the way science progresses.” Next, they say the complexity of the global...
