April 15, 2011
A Second Pass at Ayn Rand
I took down my original post. It was misleading and was getting hostile responses. People assumed I’m some big Ayn Rand fan and was whining that she didn’t get the…
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April 09, 2011
Assorted Links
Big Business v. Government is a Morality Play Low Income Cell Phone Customers Shouldn't Be Forced to Buy Extra Services. Would Obama Have Voted to Invade Iraq? Do Universities Encourage…
April 07, 2011
Michael Clemens Critiques Jonathan Wolff: Rich Countries Don’t “Steal” Doctors from Africa
Read Wolff's article here. Read Clemens's post here. Excerpt: In fact, the average African-trained member of the American Medical Association left his or her country of training well over five…
April 06, 2011
On Human Trafficking
CNN is currently running a feature on human trafficking. This is a topic about which I know less than I probably should, given my ongoing research interest in exploitation. But…
April 04, 2011
Children: Why I am a Bleeding Heart
Imagine a child is born to 2 loving and hard working, but basically poor, parents. They cannot afford to buy accident or life insurance. Imagine the parents then die in…
April 03, 2011
Libertarians, Argentina, and Labor Unions
I write with some trepidation. I come from a country, Argentina, which circa 1920 was the seventh richest country in the world. It boasted a booming economy, one of the…