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Ground-Up Libertarian: Google Launches Transit Planner
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I know, it's a silly name. Sunday, April 1, 2007. Google Launches Transit Planner. For a while I have been wondering why Google has not teamed up with city mass transit systems to provide trip planning and visualization. It seems like a very lucrative revenue stream for Google and easy outsourcing for the government. Well, it turns out that Google has been doing just that. And Seattle is on of 10 cities to be part of the system! Austin, TX is the latest city to join Google ( Google blog announcement.
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Ground-Up Libertarian: March 2007
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I know, it's a silly name. Saturday, March 31, 2007. The Environmental Working Group publishes the Farm Subsidy Database. Which tracks a ton of information on farm subsidies, especially American ones. Here. Is an interesting break down of spending between 1995-2005 by subsidy program. Unsurprisingly, corn is the most subsidized crop in the US. The breakdown of corn subsidies by year ( here. Shows that corn subsidies are actually rather volatile, and they have recently increased significantly. Trade Sanct...
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Ground-Up Libertarian: Semi-Informed Thoughts on U.S. Health Care
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I know, it's a silly name. Friday, April 6, 2007. Semi-Informed Thoughts on U.S. Health Care. I've been corrected on a few things. First of all, it is obvious that the US health care system pretty bad. There are two main problems. First, costs are very high; health care costs eat up a much larger chunk of the GDP in the US than in other countries (15% of GDP and rising in the US vs 10% in Canada). Second, a significant minority of people in the US don't have access to health care. And two, am I missing a...
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Ground-Up Libertarian: Marginal Costs of CO2
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I know, it's a silly name. Monday, April 9, 2007. Marginal Costs of CO2. I've been investigating the marginal costs of CO2 emissions. This. Is the best paper I have found so far on the matter; it summarizes 88 different marginal cost estimates for CO2 emissions, and discusses the problems associated with the estimates. The aggregated estimates have very large uncertainties because the original estimates differ a lot and because most estimates had very large uncertainties themselves. The second statement ...
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Ground-Up Libertarian: CATO On Immigration
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I know, it's a silly name. Sunday, April 1, 2007. I've been reading some old CATO Unbound web issues, and I like the one on Mexican migration. Richard Rodriguez has a wonderful essay on the cultural aspects of Mexican migration ( here. And Douglas Massey writes about what he has learned about mexican migration from leading the Mexican Migration Project ( here. Massey discusses the consequences of current and past US immigration policy and suggests more sensible future policy in a paper ( here. Grays Harb...
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Ground-Up Libertarian: Two Shot and Killed on Campus
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I know, it's a silly name. Monday, April 2, 2007. Two Shot and Killed on Campus. The Houston Chronicle reports that two people were shot and killed about 9 am in Gould hall ( here. Weird, I rode by Gould hall on my way to class at 9:30, and I didn't see any commotion. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Blogs I read Regularly. Decision of the Day. Little Bits Of Veganness. Taxpayers Should Not Pay For Undersea Tunnels. 106 Years of Gold Prices. Marginal Costs of CO2.
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Ground-Up Libertarian: February 2007
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I know, it's a silly name. Friday, February 23, 2007. Tuesday, February 20, 2007. Federal Appeals Court Upholds Habeas Denial for Guantánamo Detainees. The constitution recognizes that the right of Habeas Corpus is fundamental to a fair and even justice system. Maintaining a fair and open system of justice is the. Sunday, February 18, 2007. What are your rights? To me so, after quite a bit of thinking, I've come up with what I think is a more rigorous set of rights. I should expand a little bit on 'prope...
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Ground-Up Libertarian: Legislator Pay
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I know, it's a silly name. Monday, April 9, 2007. Tim over at the Adam Smith Institute. Blog suggests Brits overpay Parliament. Demand in this case is fixed, there are 646 constituencies. So that is the number of MPs. We require. There were some 3,500 people. Putting themselves forward for those more limited number of positions. Indeed, many of those paid £ 500 out of their own pocket in electoral deposits to have even the chance of applying for the job. Making sure that we attract those fully qualified?
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Ground-Up Libertarian: EPA Regulation of CO2 Emissions
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I know, it's a silly name. Tuesday, April 3, 2007. EPA Regulation of CO2 Emissions. On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered the EPA to revise its policy regarding CO. 2 emissions ( NYT. It sounds like this will lead toe the EPA regulating CO. 2 emissions. I can only hope that we get something similar to Pigouvian. Style emissions taxation as Greg Mankiw. Has been talking about for some time (two recent posts here. 2 emissions it will release when combusted. 4) enjoy an efficient (though local) level of CO.
