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Corporate State and the Olympics | Coyote Blog
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Dispatches from District 48. Laquo; Enshrining Peer Review as Part of the Scientific Method. Department of Circular Definitions. Corporate State and the Olympics. May 29, 2012, 12:04 pm. The most carefully policed Brand Exclusion Zone will be around the Olympic Park, and extend up to 1km beyond its perimeter, for up to 35 days. Within this area, officially called an Advertising and Street Trade Restrictions venue restriction zone. This brand apartheid is designed to prevent "ambush marketing", the gainin...
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The Saudis Tried to Kill The Shale Oil Business. It May Turn Out The Other Way Around | Coyote Blog
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Dispatches from District 48. Laquo; Just the Moon Orbiting the Earth. The Uphill Battle to Reduce the Size of Government. The Saudis Tried to Kill The Shale Oil Business. It May Turn Out The Other Way Around. August 6, 2015, 11:17 am. This article on Saudi Arabia, shale oil, and oil prices was interesting throughout. Saudi Arabia is effectively beached. It relies on oil for 90pc of its budget revenues. There is no other industry to speak of, a full fifty years after the oil bonanza began. Money began to ...
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The Uphill Battle to Reduce the Size of Government | Coyote Blog
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Dispatches from District 48. Laquo; The Saudis Tried to Kill The Shale Oil Business. It May Turn Out The Other Way Around. The Worst New Idea of the 20th Century. The Uphill Battle to Reduce the Size of Government. August 6, 2015, 11:26 am. This week in an article at PERC. I tell one such story in depth. Here is an excerpt:. Did the Forest Service do it to save money? Did they do it to improve service? Did they do it to address some egregious for-profit abuse? The agency is actually planning to replace d...
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PERC | Coyote Blog
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Dispatches from District 48. Posts tagged ‘PERC’. The Uphill Battle to Reduce the Size of Government. August 6, 2015, 11:26 am. This week in an article at PERC. I tell one such story in depth. Here is an excerpt:. Consider one example: The Tahoe National Forest in California recently took the operation of some of their parks out of private hands, ending a nearly 30-year partnership with one of our competitor companies. Did the Forest Service do it to save money? Did they do it to improve service? The age...
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A Proposal to Keep Arizona State Parks Open | Coyote Blog
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Dispatches from District 48. Laquo; Utterly Without Shame. A Proposal to Keep Arizona State Parks Open. February 4, 2010, 8:09 pm. Due to budget cuts, Arizona State Parks is closing 13 of its 22 state parks. This last week, I have been making the rounds of the state government, from the state legislature to the head of Arizona State Parks, with a proposal to keep the 7 largest of these closed parks open, and pay the state money for the privilege. Without even knowing the details ( my response here. At al...
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minimum wage | Coyote Blog
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Dispatches from District 48. Posts tagged ‘minimum wage’. Laquo; Previous Entries. China Doesn't Kill American Jobs, Politicians Do. August 15, 2016, 10:16 am. I am simply exhausted with the notion that seems to have taken over both political parties that trade with China is somehow the source of US economic woes. But some of the most prominent include:. Employment regulations, such as chair laws and break laws in California, that make employing people more expensive and risky. Employer liability laws, t...
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FLREA | Coyote Blog
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Dispatches from District 48. Posts tagged ‘FLREA’. My Testimony to the House Subcommittee on Public Lands. October 29, 2015, 8:54 am. If you are really bored, and I mean for values of boredom approaching "Maybe I should pull out my old Menudo albums and give them a listen," you can watch me and others testify to the Public Lands Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee. Yes I know - Moire. Fail on the tie. Category: Private Recreation Management. August 6, 2015, 11:26 am. Consider one exampl...
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Arab Spring | Coyote Blog
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Dispatches from District 48. Posts tagged ‘Arab Spring’. The Saudis Tried to Kill The Shale Oil Business. It May Turn Out The Other Way Around. August 6, 2015, 11:17 am. This article on Saudi Arabia, shale oil, and oil prices was interesting throughout. Saudi Arabia is effectively beached. It relies on oil for 90pc of its budget revenues. There is no other industry to speak of, a full fifty years after the oil bonanza began. The International Monetary Fund estimates that the budget deficit will reach 20pc.
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Government and Regulation | Coyote Blog
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Dispatches from District 48. Laquo; A Simple Alternative to Mark to Market Accounting? Fake but Accurate - Now Coming to the Hard Sciences. October 7, 2008, 10:43 am. One argument about regulation that seems to be gaining traction through the recent financial crisis is See, private action and enterprise is not infallible. They can make mistakes that have costs for everyone. Therefore they need to be regulated. I don't have time for the full refutation of this, but a few thoughts:. For some reason, the ar...