Ryan McMaken writes that the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment to the Colorado has slowed the growth of government.

A Clever Tax Strategy May Backfire - New York Times is an impressive reporting job by Flloyd Norris. I can only vaguely understand this tax-avoidance strategy but, regardless, who could possibly symphathize with the hunters as opposed to the hunted?

The Strategy as Norris presents it:

In an interesting turn, the public schools of New York have become the beneficiaries of fashionable philanthropy dollars. Reports the NYTimes “New money or old, donors have been enthusiastic enough to write seven- and eight-figure checks.

Thosten Polleit wrote recently for Mises.org against the neccesity of US trade surpluses reversing accompanied by a decline in the dollar:

Anyone who has followed the literature of economics knows that articles in the professional journals tend to take a standard form. If the article is purely theoretical, the setup will be something like: introduction, literature, model, and policy implications. If the article is empirical, it will go something like: introduction, literature, model, data, econometric estimates, and policy implications.

Because it tells a story. Today, the yield curve inverted. Long-term maturities are now paying a lower interest rate than short-term maturities. In a quote from the USA Today article, the last sentence, er, stands out:

We want honest government, writes Vedran Vuk, but a politician cannot help one person without first stealing from someone else.

An anonymous developer wants to build on the site of a small, ocean-side, mobile home town in Palm Beach County, Florida, so he offers each resident a million dollars for his home.