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Posted by Jim on 19/05/2008
Matthew Yglesias - From Vouchers to Credits Why it’s a bad idea to trust free-marketeers when they say they want vouchers in education. (tags: free-marketeers education markets) The Quick and the Ed - Cato renounces school vouchers The Cato Institute stops pretending to care about whether ...
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Posted by Jim on 14/05/2008
Matthew Yglesias (May 12, 2008) - When in Doubt, Blame the UN (Foreign Policy) People often seem keen to forget the U.N. is a member-driven body, and “the U.N.-bashers who want to blame the organization for “inaction” on these points are the last in line for proposals to give th ...
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Posted by Jim on 13/05/2008
Land and People: Unsung heroes “Two days of mini-civil war were sufficient to drown the city in garbage …” Rami Zurayk’s blog might be the best source around for the simmering conflict in Lebanon. (tags: lebanon)
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Posted by Jim on 08/05/2008
The Bellows » Brookland Development Ryan Avent finds it odd: “The sense is that the city owes local property owners absolute deference, yet that local property owners neednt concern themselves with how their decisions affect the city.” (tags: housing planning) Crooked Timber » » ...
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Posted by Jim on 06/05/2008
qwghlm.co.uk » Dear Ken (tags: london politics) BBC NEWS ¦ Business ¦ Governor attacks City risk-taking Not that surprising: over-reward for gains and under-punish for losses and you’re going to get more recklessness, more speculative bubbles and more fraud. (tags: finance regu ...
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