Month: March 2011

economics

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I see it regularly claimed that financial crisis reflected de-regulation. I was mighty puzzled.  Deregulation?  Has not Basel been a spectacular landslide of regulation, with massive apocalyptic government takeover of the financial system, with government deciding who shall be winners and who shall be losers, with government allocating lending to favored groups and away from …

economics

Bryan Caplan’s challenge

if Egypt gets democracy, will suffer war and economic disaster, both of which will be blamed on Jews. Democracy with universal franchise does not work. It works worse with Muslims. No Muslim should be allowed to vote anywhere, especially in countries with substantial numbers of Muslims