Monthly Archives: August 2011

I hate how everything is a % of GDP

Here James Fallows shows a chart (reproduced at right) that indicates how taxes as a % of GDP are very low in the U.S. as compared to other developed nations. Then he suggests that in order to solve the deficit … Continue reading

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Political Parties as Interest Groups

In their book The Declaration of Independents, Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch describe the Democratic and Republican parties as behaving like they are representing “interest groups.” One way to think of this is that the Democratic and Republican squabble with … Continue reading

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Will Wilkinson on Norwegian Prisons

After describing Norway’s luxurious prisons and short prison sentences, Will Wilkinson suggests that we should consider making our justice system more like Norway’s in order to bring down our murder rate: Norway has one of the world’s lowest murder rates. … Continue reading

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