Author Archives: AMo
Friedman Manages to Forget Why We Went to War in Iraq
The Iraq War was the single largest mistake America has ever made. This is not hyperbole. Iraq had no WMDs and they were not harboring al Qaeda. Saddam Hussein was no threat to the citizens of the United States, nor … Continue reading
Are You Scrobbling?
I had to look this up when I wasn’t sure of its meaning in a Spotify ad. I’m too young to be feel dated. “So I scrobbled my Best of Peruvian Charango, and nobody listened to it. This makes me … Continue reading
McDonald’s: Just as Difficult to Get Into as Harvard By Percentage
Percentage of applicants offered undergraduate admission to Harvard this year: 6.2 Percentage of applicants accepted for employment on McDonald’s National Hiring Day in April: 6.2 – from Harper’s Index, June 2011 via TYWKIWDBI Hard days to an applicant of most … Continue reading
Leaf Blower Wars: Why Rich People Are More Self Absorbed Than the Rest of Us Example 372
Rich people want higher quality leisure. They don’t care if you have to labor harder and longer in your own yard.
Mooching the Safety Net in a Recession
I really liked this short post in Modeled Behavior a lot, mostly because I agree with it. Karl Smith takes issue with this part of Casey Mulligan’s assertion. One interpretation of these results is that the safety net did a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Justice, Keynesian, Safety Net
Tagged free rider, safety net, unemployment insurance
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Why the UC Students Are Protesting
Mother Jones via Balloon Juice: Six years ago, tuition at the University of California was $5,357. Now $12,192. Slated for $22,068 by 2015. If the tuition increase rises as projected, in ten years, the price of a public education in … Continue reading
Here We Go: Egypt’s Civilian Cabinet Resigns
I’m pretty protestors want the military rulers to resign and may be ambivalent towards the civilian Cabinet. Here we go. The military-civilian crony capitalism regime of Egypt didn’t go away when Mubarak resigned. If these protests move to seek removal … Continue reading
Things You Might Find Interesting
This ain’t your grandma’s legging fashion Occupy protests are getting rougher, but only after municipal governments denied them their right to peacefully assemble, and attacked them Terrifying single mindedness Obama has prosecuted fewer financial crimes than his last three predecessors … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Links to Things, Random Thoughts, Science
Tagged American approval of nuclear weapons, death of pantyhose, fair weather federalism, faster than light travel, financial crimes, hiring practices, neutrinos faster than light, nuclear weapons, Occupy Movement, skills development
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British Government To Admit Economy Too Awful to Reach Deficit Reduction Target
Because of the slow economy, Prime Minister Cameron will announce that Britain will not be able to reduce its structural deficit at target. I don’t know how many times Paul Krugman and co. can be right about their predictions, and … Continue reading
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