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A Closer Look at Adverse Selection and Mandatory Insurance, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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02 July 2009
Troops Told To Stop Taliban Pursuit If Civilians Are At Risk
Assuming the news media has got this right, I do believe we've just telegraphed a successful strategy to the bad guys.
[McClatchy Newspapers, mcclathchydc.com, July 1, 2009]
Beginning Thursday, U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be under orders to back down when they’re chasing Taliban fighters whenever they think that civilians might be at risk.
30 June 2009
Hit & Run Debt and Taxes: The CBO's Dire Projections - Reason Magazine
How bad is the CBO's latest report on the country's budgetary future? The Washington Post calls the office's numbers "dire." U.S. News says they're "off the wall." And in a post about the report on his blog, the CBO's director, Douglas Elmendorf, writes that "under current law, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path."
What's the problem? In a word, debt: The Post's editorial board summarizes the CBO's findings as follows:
Debt is growing faster than gross domestic product. Under the CBO's most realistic scenario, the publicly held debt of the U.S. government will reach 82 percent of GDP by 2019 -- roughly double what it was in 2008. By 2026, spiraling interest payments would push the debt above its all-time peak (set just after World War II) of 113 percent of GDP. It would reach 200 percent of GDP in 2038.
Hit & Run Debt and Taxes: The CBO's Dire Projections - Reason Magazine
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What's the problem? In a word, debt: The Post's editorial board summarizes the CBO's findings as follows:
Debt is growing faster than gross domestic product. Under the CBO's most realistic scenario, the publicly held debt of the U.S. government will reach 82 percent of GDP by 2019 -- roughly double what it was in 2008. By 2026, spiraling interest payments would push the debt above its all-time peak (set just after World War II) of 113 percent of GDP. It would reach 200 percent of GDP in 2038.
Hit & Run Debt and Taxes: The CBO's Dire Projections - Reason Magazine
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29 June 2009
Global Warming - John Stossel's Take
Good rule: when the reply to a question is "Shut up", more questions need to be asked.
Global Warming - John Stossel's Take
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