BBC Blown Away by Post-Keynesian Economics
Posted in Economic Development, tagged BBC, Economic Development, Economics, Public Finance, Public Sector on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
From the Beeb: Low Taxes ‘Boost Public Sector’
Hah!
Archive for April, 2008
Bolt for a Buck
Posted in Culture, Energy, Land Use, Transportation, tagged Bolt, BoltBus, Bus, Culture, Energy, Transportation on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m on my way to New York City (THE City, as it turns out), and I decided to be a little unconventional this time and take a new busline, called BoltBus. I saw the advertisement, well, on the side of one of their buses on the highway with their slogan “Bolt for a Buck.”
Doing anything [...]
Confederate History Month
Posted in Culture, tagged American South, Confederacy, Confederate History Month, Culture, Prejudice on April 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Jon Henke, guest blogging for Megan McArdle, has a very interesting post on her Atlantic Monthly blog, discussing the controversies surrounding Confederate History Month (April) and, inevitably the nature of the Confederate ‘battle flag’ (popularized, ex post facto) that still flies rather ubiquitously in certain areas in the American South. It’s an understatement to say [...]
Oil and Creative Destruction
Posted in Culture, Economic Development, Energy, Land Use, Transportation, tagged Culture, diesel, Economic Development, Energy, Land Use, oil, trains, Transportation, trucks on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
The other day, as I was walking into work at the Labor & Industry building in Harrisburg, I was startled by the sounds of dozens (hundreds?) of big-rig trucks circling the capitol complex, ensnarling the whole area in massive gridlock and collectively drowning the entire area with the screams of their horns. What was going [...]
