http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/ Eclectic views on economics, policy, sports, etc. en-us 2008-07-07T08:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1215421081.shtml EclectEcon has moved. While I will be keeping this site for at least six months, all new postings will be at:... EclectEcon 2008-07-07T08:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214873874.shtml Whenever a physician or other health employee asks if I'm currently taking any medications, I reply,... EclectEcon 2008-07-07T05:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214771810.shtml The staged appearance of the killing of al-Dura, staged to make it appear the boy was killed by Israeli troops, set off a wave of fury:... EclectEcon 2008-07-06T05:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214690236.shtml ... EclectEcon 2008-07-05T05:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1215131763.shtml When I was young, the farmers had a test for whether their corn crop would be good. The saying, "Knee-high by the fourth of July" meant that if their corn was... EclectEcon 2008-07-04T17:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214079648.shtml This is not a joke (unlike the e-mail that claims to be a picture of water on Mars).... EclectEcon 2008-07-04T05:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214756548.shtml If a politician has a net worth of, say $2 million, does it matter in what form they hold their wealth?... EclectEcon 2008-07-03T05:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214696523.shtml Regular EclectEcon reader, Kevin, sent me this link about the changing wage structure in Cuba.... EclectEcon 2008-07-02T17:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1213977952.shtml Principlex has posted Ayn Rand's 1944 column, The Only Path to Tomorrow, which originally appeared in The Readers' Digest in 1944 [h/t to Stephen Hicks]. It is a forceful,... EclectEcon 2008-07-02T05:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214689915.shtml This analogy has been made explictly by my colleague, Salim Mansur in his most recent weekly column for the Sun papers:... EclectEcon 2008-07-01T17:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214314715.shtml From Linda Chavez, writing in Commentary [h/t to Execupundit, which has a lot of very good material that I do not see elsewhere]:... EclectEcon 2008-07-01T05:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214876470.shtml Ironman, at Political Calculations, presents a graph showing,... EclectEcon 2008-07-01T01:07+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214676813.shtml In March of this year, Ed Leamer predicted that the US would narrowly avoid a recession [link via Newmark's Door, still my first read each day]. This forecast clearly... EclectEcon 2008-06-30T17:06+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214243171.shtml I am willing to be convinced that... EclectEcon 2008-06-30T05:06+00:00 http://econoclectic.powerblogs.com/posts/1214650046.shtml The execution of two Afghanis by Islamists in Pakistan stands out in sharp contrast to western treatment of prisoners of war. As Powerline says,... EclectEcon 2008-06-29T15:06+00:00