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Philosopher Jason Brennan argues that government ought not fund philosophy [2].
Here are Benjamin Zycher’s important thoughts from last-week’s Earth Day [3]. A slice:
That renewable power is vastly more expensive [4] than conventional generation is an eternal truth that no amount of political [5] propaganda [6] can refute, as the British [7], Germans [8], and others [9] have discovered to their regret. (As an aside, the expansion of renewable power increases the emissions [10] of conventional pollutants and greenhouse gases, a reality rather inconsistent with the proclaimed concern of the Earth Day celebrants with environmental quality, a dark irony to be explored another day.)
Steve Gjerstad and Vernon Smith summarize their take on the current state of Greece’s economy [12].
Simon Lester explains that Chinese free trade is no threat to American free trade [13].
The market provides! [14] (HT Karol Boudreaux)