An excellent short post on
institutional form in market society. (There are, in fact, quite a lot of labour-fun firms.)
The “Red” campaign seems to have involved
far more being spent on advertising celebrities than has been raised for the cause itself. The Red campaign
responds. Africa poses
large moral dilemmas.
The growth of US government as % of GDP
has effectively halted in recent decades.
About
the evidence concerning unions and economic performance. Some
extracts.
The technology of oil extraction
is rapidly improving. About
that.
Thinking seriously about winners and losers from a warming world,
and what to do about it. China’s greenhouse emissions
are growing dramatically.
The “green dollar” in Oz
does not seem to have much market power. (Naturally, a green spokesman blames John Howard.)