Wednesday September 8, 2010
EconTalk: Boudreaux on Market Failure, Government Failure, and the Economics of Antitrust Regulation
DeusEx |  June 07, 2010
There has been much discussion on RIFuture on the topics of market failure, government failure, and the supposed danger of monopolizing firms absent Antitrust Regulation by the US Government. From the EconTalk website: Read More...

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EconTalk Interviews Diane Ravitch on Education
DeusEx |  April 27, 2010
EconTalk host and free market economist Russ Roberts interviews education expert Diane Ravitch about the state of public education in the United States and the ideas in her new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. The podcast…
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Former US Attorney Says Abolish Municipal Unions
DeusEx |  April 27, 2010
From today's Boston Globe: In the wake of the 19% raise Boston firefighters recently received from binding arbitration in exchange for simple drug testing, former US Attorney Frank L. McNamara Jr. is advocating abolishing municipal unions. Read More...

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Boston Firefighters Get 19% Raise in Exchange for Drug Testing
DeusEx |  April 19, 2010
From the Boston Globe: Boston firefighters must accept random drug and alcohol testing and some limits on sick leave, and in return will receive a 19 percent raise over four years, a labor arbitrator has decided, officials with knowledge of the decision said today.   Read More...

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Asian-Americans Being Discriminated Against by Affirmative Action
DeusEx |  February 08, 2010
From today's Boston Globe: "Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade, who reviewed data from 10 elite colleges, writes in “No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal’’ that Asian applicants typically need an extra 140 points to compete with white students. In fact, according to Princeton lecturer Russell…
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Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Battle
DeusEx |  February 02, 2010
 

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