Monthly Archives: June 2009
Climate Change Legislation: Railroaded Bills, Job Creation and Windmill Tilting
June 28, 2009 at 10:53 pm
In great haste, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the new climate change bill that attempts to halt global warming. This bill with nearly 1200 pages of text, 300 pages of which arrived only at 3 a.m. Friday morning, was passed by that evening in a very close vote . You can bet that it [...]
Challenged, Disabled, Handicapped?
June 11, 2009 at 12:06 am
There are many words used to describe people who have some strong difficulty that might put them at a disadvantage to others. Yet, I am constantly reminded by a major finding in my discipline, economics, in one of its core concepts called “comparative advantage.” The idea is that any person who can interact with others [...]