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The Ultimate Case of Dumping
In a recent post, I mentioned the U.S. government imposing additional duties on Chinese products because of dumping; that is, selling us cheap products. In what has got to be the ultimate case of dumping, pharmacies at Publix Supermarkets in Florida are still giving away certain prescription drugs. Evidently, this has been going on... »
False Economics Unsafe at Any Speed
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals waved the red flag this week on four-and-a-half years of antitrust litigation alleging NASCAR has an illegal monopoly over itself. A three-judge panel unanimously upheld a lower court’s dismissal of Kentucky Speedway’s demand that NASCAR be forced to stage a Sprint Cup race at the Sparta, Kentucky... »
Thanksgovernment Day
The first thanksgiving proclamation was issued by Geo. Washington, in which he called on Americans to pray. Like virtually all pols, George wanted to be a religious figure too. But his call to thanksgiving for a wonderful government (and president) fell flat in those freer days. The proclamation that stuck was from Lincoln during... »
Going “Undercover” to Punish “Economic Crimes”
Delinda Epstein, a 51-year-old Las Vegas resident, had comfortable life prior to the real estate collapse that cost her a good job with a construction company. Unemployed for more than a year, she lost her truck and home, and now lives in a tiny apartment. Desperate to pay the rent, Epstein decided to post an... »
Physicist Howard Hayden’s one-letter disproof of global warming claims
Physicist Howard Hayden, a staunch advocate of sound energy policy, sent me a copy of his letter to the EPA about global warming. The text is also appended below, with permission. As noted in my post Access to Energy, Hayden helped the late, great Petr Beckmann found the dissident physics journal Galilean Electrodynamics (brochures and... »
