September 9, 2008 – 6:09 pm
I just learned of this idea today, and it caught my attention. The post I’m referring to: http://hanson.gmu.edu/futarchy.html
The two sentence version:
In futarchy, democracy would continue to say what we want, but betting markets would now say how to get it. That is, elected representatives would formally define and manage an after-the-fact measurement of national welfare, [...]
August 21, 2008 – 2:49 pm
There’s an excellent (once-a-month excellent, if I can say that) article that appeared on the nyt website yesterday on Barack Obama’s economics philosophy, and ideas for what we need to do to fix the state we’re in. If you have time (it’s 8 pages, but worth it), it explains a lot about the politics [...]
It started popping up in the news throughout Tuesday, and got the front-page writeup Wednesday: after 7 years of trying, the Doha round of free trade talks have been declared over with zero agreed on.
The NYTimes and others write in detail about what the US says on one side, and what India and China say [...]
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In this video, we learn about some pending legislation to retroactively pardon the entire Bush administration for certain violations of the Geneva Conventions starting 9/11/01.
via blurb.rahmin.com - press the button - President BUSH PARDON’s HIMSELF via congress for…
In case you didn’t catch this, there was an article today in the New York Times outlining the major points in a Bush Administration climate change report, commissioned in 2003 and released today, signed by 3 cabinet members. On the map you can see the projected increase and decrease in annual rainfall for different [...]
This book is outstanding, and if its principles were taught in American history classes instead of the smorgasbord of facts and dates and ideas taken out of their historical context, people would see America’s place in the world much more clearly. Honestly it made me feel like the basis for my opinions on how [...]
I was reading the leader in the 4/11 economist regarding america’s slowing growth, and the following line of the economist made me think about gdp, happiness, spending, etc: “spending will be supported by tax rebates in the second half of the year”. I feel like it relates to some things that umair (umair haque–see [...]
Here’s a great snippet of an interview by the economist magazine of Karl Rove, discussing Rove’s take on the Barack-Hillary matchup. Sorry to spoil the best part, but hopefully you’ll be encouraged to read the rest on their site:
… I get the sense you respect Hillary more than you respect Obama.
Off the record?
Please don’t [...]
