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An excellent article by Edward Hughes discusses Japan’s dismal situation and how it arrived there.
Of particular interest is his analysis on how its stringent immigration policy has kept many foreign nationals out and this, coupled with the low fertility rate, has brought the median age to 43 years of age. While many thought this [...]

Last week we published our Top 5 reasons not to go local, but we could not go without mentioning a couple others. More reasons are always found for going local, and we felt these points needed to be addressed. We also added some other points in favor of interstate and international trade.
6. You can [...]

Dumbagent would like to wish Happy Birthday to at least 50% of our team. Happy Birthday guys! May your year be free of protectionist control and full of free markets!
Now for the usual relatively unrelated trivia question:
How many people must there be in order to have a 50% probability of two people sharing [...]

You may or may not have read the editorial in the New York Times where Paul Krugman blames Milton Friedman for the cases of E.Coli and salmonella that we’ve recently had.
We humbly disagree with his viewpoint, and we feature an excellent article by Arthur Foulkes detailing why.
Enjoy both sides!

Here is an article by Uncle Bear posted on DAMM, which we reproduce in its entirety, detailing how to save GM and bring peace to Iraq in one fell swoop. It combines economics with political science and military strategy (I think I spot a potential Ooda loop towards the end involving Astras). Bonus points [...]