Al Gore and media consolidation
Mr. Inconvenience is telling us that “democracy is under attack”, that “democracy is a conversation” and that media organizations are obtaining greater political and economic power.
Chad, Multinational Oil Companies, and International Law on Takings
Interesting news on the international trade front in light of my recent post on international law and another on international investment law--the President of Chad has apparently expelled (2) two large oil companies, Chevron and Malaysia’s Petronas, on allega
What the wealthy can afford
Don’t Believe Those Inflation Numbers
As always, writes Mark Brandly, government officials are attempting to underreport the inflation estimates.
The Schizo Feds: Patent Monopolies and the FTC
Controls breed controls, as Mises (I believe) noted. Is it surprising that when the state grants a monopoly in the form of a patent, and also regulates the living hell out of monopolies in its antitrust law, that conflicts in the law are bound to arise? (See the post IP vs.
The Crunchberry Question
I received the most fascinating email in response to this article, in which I complained about the expansion of Cap’n Crunch’s Crunchberries from red to a variety of colors of crunchberries that do not actually appear in nature.
Here is the email:
Stiglitz is Wrong on Government
Joseph Stiglitz shared the Nobel Prize in 2001 partly on the basis of an important paper of his (with Greenwald) that says interventions can make everyone better off. Michael Rozeff argues that this paper completely fails to prove the potential worth of government interventions.
What Was Wrong With the Old World
Veksler at work
Our friend David Veksler has created some interesting posters and has uploaded them to his flickr account. Here are two examples: 
America: Freedom to Fascism
Since V for Vendetta garnered much interest on this site, I thought people would be interested in Aaron “Hollywood” Russo’s new documentary: America: Freedom to Fascism.
