It’s been almost three months since the Deepwater Horizon disaster occurred, in the Mexican Gulf. You can find here 50 ways information design can help you understand the larger issue. I disagree with some of the graphs, but I love information design. The viewpoints of Gary Becker and Richard Posner about the Gulf oil leak.
July 2, 2010
New and old building materials + traditional and innovative construction techniques mastered + creative ideas = inspirational architecture. Enjoy! I found the website of General Electric very nice and functional. Michael Jackson, the Bonds, ABBA in 8-bit art.
June 29, 2010
Die Welt reports that Italian MEP Mario Borghezio (Lega Nord – EFD Group) has submitted a written declaration to the European Parliament asking for the creation of a European centre to study UFOs. The article notes that the declaration’s cover pictures a gigantic UFO heading to the European Parliament’s buildings in Strasbourg. It calls on… [Read more…]
June 3, 2010
The ECB has released a manga-like cartoon for young teenagers (I would say kids reather than teenagers given the looks of the cartoon but whatever) which in 8 minutes seeks to explain “price stability” within a Keynesian framework (i.e. inflation in the 0-2% range). Watch the video here. There is also a pupil’s leaflet, which… [Read more…]
May 27, 2010
Here is a pointer to Richard Rahn op-edding about Universty of Donja Gorica, a new university in Montenegro: Professor Vukotic has created a new private university in Montenegro, University of Donja Gorica (UDG), that already has 1,500 students and a large, new building. He has been able to attract world-class scholars from a number of… [Read more…]
May 21, 2010
Bryan Caplan’s views are here. I summarize and add some points below: 1. Violent revolution. Bad idea. Besides the moral problem aggression is to libertarians, who knows on which side of the canon you will be when revolution occurs? The long-run effect of revolution on freedom is normally negative. 2. Persuasion. The idea is that as… [Read more…]
May 12, 2010
Sally Thompson lists a few topics women could find interesting in the libertarian message: They also know they don’t want their children to grow up in a world of health and safety rules, they want choice in their children’s education, and want access to the right drugs and best healthcare when they are ill. If… [Read more…]
May 4, 2010
Der Spiegel reports that former European Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering MEP is keeping his privilege of a limousine with a driver on call. The article notes that he should have given back his limousine last October, as this was three months after the new EP President entered office. However, last November, the Presidium of the… [Read more…]
April 26, 2010
Tweets Don’t Overthrow Governments Foreign Policy on the Internet: They told us the Internet would usher in a new era of freedom, political activism, and perpetual peace. They were wrong. Tweets don’t overthrow governments; people do. And what we’ve learned so far is that social networking sites can be both helpful and harmful to activists operating from… [Read more…]
July 9, 2010
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