- Repeal the Sixteenth Amendment? It was passed in 1913 and gave the federal government the right to levy taxes. I like this idea.
- Could the new health care legislation lead to more uninsured people? Arnold Kling thinks so.
- Why Italian academia sucks. I think a lot of these criticisms can be applied to European academia more broadly. European academia, to my thinking, has a very perverse incentive scheme.
- Don Boudreaux nicely summarizes the natural rights view of the crucial idea of "the rule of law."
- Freakonomics Radio is now live! Go here for the podcast, RSS feed or to listen live. Russ Roberts is especially good. I would gladly live in a country run by that guy.
- A business model for aspiring pirates.
- There has always been a gulf between academia and the general public in the US. Is this changing (for better or worse)?
- Jodi Beggs muses on game theory and splitting the check at a restaurant.
- Corporate diversity training (apparently) does little good and makes people resentful.
- Libertarians in Israel.
Addendum: I realize that the Sixteenth Amendment deals directly with the income tax and that Article I, Section 8 (Enumerated Powers of Congress) gives Congress the right to levy taxes. I apologise for the confusion.
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