The Uncertain Future of Jet Fuel
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: airlines
The Animals – We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – 1965
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Rasputin – The Man Behind The Tsarina I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?
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About right
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The Church – Almost With You – Countdown Australia – 14 February 1982
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Henderson versus Wolfers on Lockdowns
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: economics of pandemics
The Return of the Pink Panther
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The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) Director: Blake Edwards
“Now he’s off to Gstaad. Today… a paradise in the Swiss Alps; tomorrow… a wasteland! Compared to Clouseau, Attila the Hun was a Red Cross volunteer!”
★★★★★
After a failed Pink Panther film which was absent Peter Sellers (Inspector Clouseau), Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers were persuaded to put their differences aside and try to make another Pink Panther movie in order to reboot the series. Both had incentives to do so as their careers had gone somewhat downhill, and Peter Sellers was struggling with heart problems. What followed was the best Pink Panther film in the series and one of the funniest movies of all-time (apparently it was the highest grossing Hollywood comedy up to that time, as well). After its release and subsequent success Blake Edwards attempted to turn the concept into a television show but…
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Question of the Week: Who Is Your Favorite Political Cartoonist?
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If you asked me that question 30 years ago, I would have said Jeff MacNelly without hesitation.
Not that I was exposed to many options in the pre-Internet dark ages, so my choice may have been driven by lack of knowledge. Nonetheless, MacNelly was a genius with the details, as you can see from these cartoons about IRS complexity and government shutdowns.
But what about today’s cartoonists?
Based on the number of cartoons I’ve shared, the easy answer would be either Michael Ramirez or Chuck Asay, but there are cartoons from other artists that are absolutely superb.
So I’m going to turn this question around.
Here are my favorite cartoons from various artists and you can answer the poll about which one you would rank highest.
In no particular order, the options are:
Michael Ramirez – This gem about Obamanomics is the most-viewed professional cartoon in the history of…
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The Adverse Economic Consequences of “Basic Income”
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When I first looked at the issue of “basic income,” back in 2013, my gut reaction was deep skepticism.
That’s because I feared many people would drop out of the labor force if they could live off government handouts (as illustrated by this Wizard-of-Id parody).
It’s true that the current amalgamation of welfare programs also discourages work and creates dependency, but a government-provided basic income could make a bad situation worse.
Especially if politicians didn’t get rid of other redistribution programs (a very realistic concern).
That being said, what’s the evidence, either pro or con?
There was an experiment in Finland, which poured cold water on the concept.
And now we have some U.S.-focused research. Four economists from the University of Chicago (Mikhail Golosov, Michael Graber, Magne Mogstad, and David Novgorodsky) investigated this topic in a new study from the National Bureau of Economic…
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Matthew E. Kahn “Unlocking the Potential of Post Industrial Cities”
08 Jul 2021 Leave a comment
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