Some Links
Posted By Don Boudreaux On September 25, 2011 @ 9:25 am In Competition,Crony Capitalism,Education,Food and Drink,Myths and Fallacies,Scientism,Social Security,Standard of Living,State of Macro,The Hollow Middle | Comments Disabled
As anyone familiar with supermarket items can tell you – and now Mark Bittman of the New York Times does so [1] – meals from fast-food restaurants are not cheaper than many healthier options available to nearly every American. (HT Peter Minowitz)
Steve Landsburg ponders Keynesianism [4].
And Arnold on the follies of those who apologize for monopoly government K-12 “education [6].”
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[1] Mark Bittman of the New York Times does so: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/is-junk-food-really-cheaper.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
[2] George Will exposes the fishy-ness of government’s alleged efforts to regulate in the public interest: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-arizona-nibbling-away-at-free-enterprise/2011/09/22/gIQA9B2erK_story.html
[3] Economist David Rose makes a solid case against the extension of unemployment benefits paid by government: http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0920/Why-Congress-should-not-extend-unemployment-benefits
[4] Steve Landsburg ponders Keynesianism: http://www.thebigquestions.com/2011/09/23/are-these-the-good-old-days/#more-6432
[5] Arnold on Russ on Tyler: http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2011/09/russ_roberts_vs.html
[6] And Arnold on the follies of those who apologize for monopoly government K-12 “education: http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2011/09/i_dont_get_this.html
[7] Over at Division of Labour, Brad Smith reports yet more evidence that Pres. Obama’s understanding of even basic economics is, I put it this way, limited: http://divisionoflabour.com/archives/2011_09.php#007807
[8] My great colleague Walter Williams finds the similarities between Social Security and private Ponzi schemes too obvious to ignore: http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/11/GovPerrysRightAboutSocialSecurity
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