Some Links
Posted By Don Boudreaux On December 1, 2011 @ 4:04 pm In Books,Complexity & Emergence,Country Problems,Current Affairs,Energy,Environment,Law,Other People's Money,Regulation,Seen and Unseen,Wal-Mart | Comments Disabled
Yesterday I noted [1] the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Institute for Justice. Today comes further evidence [2] – which thrills me to my marrow – for why this great institution deserves our applause and support:
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today issued a unanimous opinion granting victory to cancer patients and their supporters from across the nation in a landmark constitutional challenge brought against the U.S. Attorney General. The lawsuit, filed by the Institute for Justice on behalf of cancer patients, their families, an internationally renowned marrow-transplant surgeon, and a California nonprofit group, seeks to allow individuals to create a pilot program that would encourage more bone-marrow donations by offering modest compensation—such as a scholarship or housing allowance—to donors. The program had been blocked by a federal law, the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA), which makes compensating donors of these renewable cells a major felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
I’ve yet to read Alex Tabarrok’s new e-book [3], but I join Bryan Caplan in cheering its publication [4]!
George Will explains some unintended consequences of racial preferences [5].
The indomitable George Selgin discusses NGDP targeting [7].
Bob Higgs explains the sorry reality that government is rapidly expropriating private wealth [8]. (This activity, alas, is one for which government enjoys a decided comparative advantage.)
Nick Schulz identifies three inconvenient truths for OWSers [10].
And Jonah Goldberg hits a home run [11].
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[1] Yesterday I noted: http://cafehayek.com/2011/11/happy-20th-birthday-ij.html
[2] Today comes further evidence: http://ij.org/about/4200
[3] Alex Tabarrok’s new e-book: http://www.amazon.com/Launching-Innovation-Renaissance-Market-ebook/dp/B006C1HX24/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1322682943&sr=8-6/marginalrevol-20
[4] Bryan Caplan in cheering its publication: http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2011/12/tabarroks_roadm.html
[5] George Will explains some unintended consequences of racial preferences: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-unintended-consequences-of-racial-preferences/2011/11/29/gIQAbuoPEO_story.html
[6] Carpe Diem’s Mark Perry offers good sense in response to some truly twisted commentary on Wal-Mart opening stores in DC: http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-terrible-walmart-plans-to-dump-six.html
[7] The indomitable George Selgin discusses NGDP targeting: http://www.freebanking.org/2011/12/01/wide-off-the-mark-or-nonsense-about-ngdp-targeting/
[8] Bob Higgs explains the sorry reality that government is rapidly expropriating private wealth: http://blog.independent.org/2011/11/28/the-government-is-expropriating-private-wealth-at-a-rapid-rate/
[9] In today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch I discuss another talent for which government enjoys a comparative advantage: arrogance: http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/oped/2011/dec/01/tdopin02-boudreaux-lessons-in-government-arrogance-ar-1504839/
[10] Nick Schulz identifies three inconvenient truths for OWSers: http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/three-inconvenient-truths-for-occupy-wall-street/
[11] And Jonah Goldberg hits a home run: http://www.aei.org/article/economics/courting-joe-the-puppeteer/
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