Recently, a report in the Daily Mail called into question the widespread view that global warming is caused by CO2 emissions: Forget global warming – it’s Cycle 25 we need to worry about The responsible thing to do would be to accept the fact that the models may have severe shortcomings when it comes to the [...]
Archive for January, 2012
forget global warming
Posted in Global Warming on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
thomas sowell reader
Posted in Economics, Obama, Thomas Sowell, Uncommon Knowledge on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Referring to my previous post, it might be important to emphasize that this interview dates back no less than thirty years. However, Dr. Sowell has not changed much since then. Last year, he gave an interview to Uncommon Knowledge hosted by Peter Robinson: President Obama follows a one-step vision. He doesn’t care about what will be [...]
discrimination
Posted in Politics, Thomas Sowell on January 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Thomas Sowell and William F. Buckley discuss economic disparities in the American society: Even if you look at activities that are totally within their own control, which television programs to watch for instance, [you find huge disparities across the various subpopulations].
soft paternalism
Posted in Economics on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
At a Frankfurt-based conference this week, Professor Armin Falk from Bonn University explained his ideas on the so-called soft paternalism. You can find the full audio file as well as an interview (German only) online. One of his examples is organ donation. Referring to a paper by Johnson and Goldstein in Science, Falk pointed to [...]
free to choose
Posted in Books, Economics, Libertarianism, Milton Friedman, Video, youtube on January 27, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Free to Choose has been the title of both one of the greatest economics textbooks and television series by economists Milton and Rose D. Friedman. The other day I found the whole collection of ten episodes on youtube. If you have not already read the book, I may suggest to you to get a copy for about $10 and [...]
state of the union address revisited
Posted in Cato Institute, Economics, Election 2012, Obama, Politics, USA on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Experts from the Cato Institute analyze and discuss President Obama’s State of the Union Address 2012:
centralized europe
Posted in Europe, Politics, UK on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In a great 9-minute speech, British journalist and Member of the European Parliament, Daniel Hannan points out the nonsense of centralizing Europe: Decentralization is of the essence of the spirit of Europe.
safety regulation
Posted in Documentary, Politics, USA on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting video by the Discovery Channel on how federal regulation affects gold miners: Job Killer? You’re damn right it is.
chaplin meets zimmer
Posted in Music, Video on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In The Great Dictator, Charly Chaplin’s 1940 satire on Nazi Germany, dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double: a poor Jewish barber. One day he is mistaken for Hynkel and delivers a brilliant speech. Recently, someone has added Hans Zimmer’s soundrack Time to the video. The result is nothing but outstanding: So long as men die, liberty [...]
economic models
Posted in Economics on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Quotation from Derek Neal, Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago: You can run from economic models but you can’t hide from them.
