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Tuesday, 6 December 2005

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  • Tross Publishing
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  • Virginia Postrel
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  • Wright in Racine
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  • Roy Spencer, PhD.
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  • Don't Let It Go
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  • High Capacity
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  • Market Urbanism
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  • Kibao
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  • Peter Winsley
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  • Armas
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  • Thoughts from the North (Garry Judd KC)
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  • The 13th Floor
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  • Reviews - 13th Floor
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  • Folarinism
    White identity politics won’t save Britain - It fails to provide a vision for a good life and a realistic solution to the problems we face
  • Jackson Upmann
    Coming soon - This is Jackson Upmann.
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  • Liberty Scott
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  • FDR Liberated
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  • BloodhoundBlog
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  • Drinks and Drinking
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  • Anti-Dismal
    100 years of the theory of the firm. Or may be only 50. - Depending on how you pick your starting point there has been, roughly, 50 or 100 years of the mainstream economic theory of the firm. In support of the 1...
  • Miss Liberty's Film & Documentary World
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  • The obscure word of the week is cudweed – Matthew Wright
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  • A Politically Incorrect History of New Zealand
    Ned Fletcher's book: "unsatisfactory" and "badly flawed" - *N*ew Zealand/Australian historian Bain Attwood reviews Ned Fletcher's *English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi* in the *Australian Book Review. *His c...
  • Fizzifood
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  • Growing to Truth
    Duh, Of Course Hamas Lied About Casualty Statistics - The UN revised their Gazan casualty statistics, claiming fewer women and children were killed than previously reported
  • Anna Gát: Eleven Sentence Essays
    Excerpt 1 -- from a new essay series - Work in progress - (for interera.co)
  • Keith Weiner Economics
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  • Earthly Idealism
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  • The Visible Hand
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    What Happened to Technological Optimism? - I haven't given up the good fight. I'm just taking it to a more fundamental level.
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  • from FEE
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  • Jack’s Substack
    Electricity Cheapest in a Decade - NZ residential electricity most affordable in recent history
  • The Fundy Post
    Genesis -
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  • The Grumpy Economist
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  • Patrick T. Brown, PhD
    The Social Feedback Loop that Puts Blinders on Climate Science -
  • Michelle Kamhi
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  • George Reisman's Blog
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  • Precise Thinking
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  • Oh look it's a blog - Lorin Clarke
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  • Fisheries – PERC
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  • positive check
    New location - The EHES blog Positive Check has moved and can be found on the EHES website: *https://ehes.org/category/blog/*
  • Dominic Frisby
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  • The Continental Telegraph
    The BBC and terrorism - The language we use matters – it provides clarity to our own thoughts and enables us to be… The post The BBC and terrorism appeared first on Continental ...
  • Pirate Wires
    Dean Preston: San Francisco's Millionaire Marxist - the card carrying dsa sf politician also happens to be a millionaire who refuses to allow more housing in the city
  • Professor Werner
    Washington’s “development economics” is actually designed to prevent development - Published in China by Guancha.cn newspaper on 7 September 2023 at: https://www.guancha.cn/Werner/2023_09_07_707650_3.shtml
  • Uranium-238
    Introduction to the Iran Nuclear Deal - Putting a price on nonproliferation
  • New Ideal – Reason | Individualism | Capitalism
    Agustina Vergara Cid on the Immorality of the U.S. Immigration System - [image: Agustina Vergara Cid on the Immorality of the U.S. Immigration System] *Immigrants who “get in line” are punished for wanting to work.* The post A...
  • Comments on: Bert Kelly
    By: Better to be popular than right « Economics.org.au - […] Bert Kelly […]
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  • Origin Stories
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  • Stories by Rudi Edsall on Medium
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  • The Gutter
    Woden's Day Thing: 4/26/22 - All right already
  • The Market Urbanism Report Blog
    Can Prospera Become A Startup City Blueprint? - The emergence of startup cities is a story we’ll cover extensively these next few years. Prospera of Honduras is a leading example.
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    Conservatives Can Lead on Conservation and Climate Solutions - Supporting policies that leverage incentives and partnerships to protect our natural heritage should be a big part of our strategy to address environment...
  • Rational Optimist
    Who really discovered DNA's structure? Five people. - Tuesday 28th February marks the 70th anniversary of – in my view – the most important day in the entire history of science. On a fine Saturda...
  • Matt Ridley - Blog RSS
    Who really discovered DNA's structure? Five people. - Tuesday 28th February marks the 70th anniversary of – in my view – the most important day in the entire history of science. On a fine Saturda...
  • Search Results for “willey house stories” – Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
    Willey House Stories Part 22: Calling the Kettle Back—Chapter 7: Repatriation - In this seven-chapter subseries of the Willey House Stories, Steve Sikora reflects on Frank Lloyd Wright’s fireplaces, their purpose, and meaning—and the...
  • Points of Interest
    Highlighting "The Parenting Handbook" - This fall, Montessorium was lucky to bring education writer Samantha Blaisdell onto our content team. Samantha is a former teacher, trained mechanical engi...
  • Competitive Enterprise Institute
    Kathleen and Charles Moore Prepare to take their Fight Against Taxing Unrealized Gains to Supreme Court - In 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new law was a reform of the federal tax code, but also included a provision called the Mandatory ...
  • A gay man on gender and sexuality
    What you still can't say on Twitter - Suspended for 12 hours
  • Anarchist History of New Zealand
    1988: The Meade Report - In 1987 Labour 4.0 Prime Minister David Lange gave himself the education portfolio shortly after winning re-election that year. One of the education groups...
  • Master Resource
    ‘Greenhushing’ Joins Greenwashing (woke firms in legal peril?) - “Fear among corporate firms of being called out on misleading and or exaggerated environmental and sustainability claims is growing as regulators clamp ...
  • Consulting by RPM || Free Advice Blog
    Receipts for BMS Ep 254: Kark Marx Was Kind of a Big Deal - Here is the link to my podcast critique of Phil Magness’ promotion of his paper, co-authored with Michael Makovi, on Karl Marx. In this episode I allude to...
  • Knowledge Problem
    Knowledge Problem archive 2002-2020 - This is the archive of the Knowledge Problem blog, all 4,690 posts. The search function will help you locate posts on the various topics Mike and I wrote a...
  • Cactus Kate
    World Cup Wonderfulness - In Australia - I attended a World Cup final this weekend. No it was not the "team of $55m" wonderfulness final. It was a T20 cricket one. In Melbourne. England v P...
  • Coordination Problem
    Rationalizing the Discussion on Migration and Policy - |Peter Boettke| Michael Clemens is one of the most powerful voices in the economics profession for the free flow of people throughout the world. He brings ...
  • Coordination Problem
    Rationalizing the Discussion on Migration and Policy - |Peter Boettke| Michael Clemens is one of the most powerful voices in the economics profession for the free flow of people throughout the world. He brings ...
  • Bernard Darnton
    Crab Nebula: the Real 4th of July Fireworks - On around the 4th of July 1054 a supernova exploded, creating the spectacular Crab Nebula. It was recorded by Chinese astronomers but was it also recorded ...
  • Mencken's Ghost
    Announcement: New Substack Publication - I have started a new Substack Publication. Details:
  • Cities Matter
    Auckland at a Turning Point 2: Marking Down the Labour Market - *Reality Bites* For some years I have been calling out the over-exuberant growth expectations behind Auckland’s planning. I have also argued that creat...
  • American Consequences
    The Silver Linings of the April CPI Report - May 18, 2022 Despite persistent inflation, there are good investment opportunities ahead in several niche areas. The post The Silver Linings of the April...
  • Focus on Right and Wrong, Not Right and Left | SEPARATE!
    Our Individual Rights Are Going Down The Bathtub Inflation Overflow Drain - I’ve recently tried to brush up on my inflation skills. Being young and ignorant the last time it seriously impacted ... Continue reading
  • A Lady on Fire
    How to Lose - Anger is not the answer. I. Calibrating to Humanity The first company I ever started was with my partner who’s also a software engineer. We had spoken to a...
  • Organic Architecture + Design Archives
    JOURNAL OA+D V10:N1 :: COMING SOON - $20.00 - JOURNAL OF ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN VOL. 10 / NO. 1 :: COMING SOON :: THE WORK OF MACKIE AND KAMRATH :: ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE IN TEXAS Essay by Katie P...
  • The 1014
    Blog Number 7 - Insert main opening paragraph. Insert main opening paragraph. Insert main opening paragraph. Insert main opening paragraph. Insert main opening paragraph...
  • Julian Burnside
    Witness J – Another Victim of National Security’s Tightening Grip? - Too few Australians know about the case of Witness J – not to be confused with the case against Witness K and Bernard Collaery, itself a disgraceful overre...
  • Center for Industrial Progress
    Holiday talking points, me vs. a catastrophist climate scientist - I hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend. Here’s what I’ve been up to that may be of interest. My top 6 talking points for conversations this holiday se...
  • Center for Industrial Progress
    Holiday talking points, me vs. a catastrophist climate scientist - I hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend. Here’s what I’ve been up to that may be of interest. My top 6 talking points for conversations this holiday se...
  • Popehat
    Customer Agent Rendering - A customer representative or perhaps buyer broker is the strategy of a brokerage or property broker symbolizing a client in an financial commitment transac...
  • Reviving Reason
    The Case for Vaccine Mandates—Refuted - Vaccination status doesn’t tell us whether a person poses a threat to others.
  • Armed and Dangerous
    Sample post. - Checking to see if RSS works.
  • Catallaxy Files
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  • 1828 – Championing Freedom
    How to Boost Economic Growth and Sustain it? - Economic growth is nothing but GDP increase that refers to the combined value of products and services a country produces annually. So, obviously economi...
  • The Rational Capitalist
    The Rat Cap Podcast: Episode 13 - The Rat Cap Podcast: The History of Slavery and the Western Heroes Who Abolished It (libsyn.com)Slavery has existed everywhere since the beginning of time....
  • No Minister
    Die MSM, Die – Systemic Corruption - Die MSM, Die – Systemic Corruption
  • Mish Talk
    The Psychology of QE is Far More Important Than the Amount of It - Let's discuss what QE really does vs the psychology of QE.
  • Check Your Premises
    Two upcoming events. - There are two upcoming events that are likely to be of interest to Ayn Rand Society members. The first event—the one not put on by the ARS—is a panel at ne...
  • 'The Critic' Magazine
    Senator Marco Rubio says business-as-usual with Beijing is “not an option” - In an exclusive interview with Kapil Komireddi, the US senator condemns the Communist Party of China as a "genocidal regime" which poses "the greatest thre...
  • Travel Secrets by Shar Lemond
    No Highway by Nevil Shute – Book Review - *“Therefore, go forth, companion: when you find* *No Highway more, no track, all being blind,The way to go shall glimmer in the mind.* *Though you h...
  • Scott Holleran
    Remember the Alamo - I first learned about the Alamo in earnest from the late John David Lewis. This Objectivist thinker and teacher demonstrated the central facts about the ba...
  • Comments on: Wind Turbine Noise: Real Impacts on Neighbors
    By: Joshua - My home is about 4000 feet from a proposed 650 foot 5mw turbine and 7000 feet from another. Can you respond to what your recommended setbacks may be for th...
  • The Long Run
    The launch of the new Economic History Society website – and the new home of the The Long Run blog - The Economic History Society is very happy to launch its new website as of November 2020. This site streamlines everything that the Society has to offer, i...
  • Urban – PERC
    Fire Insurance Regs Hurt California Homeowners - The unintended consequences of California’s price restrictions on insurance rates leave insurers unable to cover losses after catastrophic wildfire damag...
  • Kiwi Gun Blog
    More Evidence of Buyback Failure - The Kiwi Gun Blog has been gathering as much hard data as possible to prove what a disaster the gun buy back was. Here is a classic example – The wonderful...
  • Stories by MIT Legatum Center on Medium
    Making the UN Global Goals A Reality: Why Trade, Enterprise & Weather Intelligence Matters - The UN General Assembly is this month marking 75 years since it came into being — 75 years of international cooperation, dialogue and work for developmen...
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  • News - Democracy Action
    Revealed: Auckland Council spends $129 million in six years on duplicated iwi consultation, targeted Māori spending - *A new briefing paper co-published by the Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance and Democracy Action reveals that in just six years, Auckland Council spent at le...
  • John P. McCaskey
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  • Joakim Book | Life of an Econ Student
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  • Center for the Legalization of Privacy
    Barr and Wray are Coming For Your Apple Encryption - An extra I did earlier this week, after Tom Hall sent me the video of a press conference by Attorney … Continue reading →
  • Legalize Privacy
    Barr and Wray are Coming For Your Apple Encryption - An extra I did earlier this week, after Tom Hall sent me the video of a press conference by Attorney … Continue reading →
  • Kuo's Gulch | Justice, Independence, Productivity, Honesty, Integrity, Pride, Rationality
    Man and His Inherent Productivity - If there’s anything we have learnt from the Coronavirus pandemic, is that people are willing to submit themselves to authoritarianism for the sake of a fal...
  • Malthouse Blog
    Staff Profiles in Courage: Ryan Mann - Staff Profiles in Courage: Ryan Mann There’s a new crew on deck at the mighty Malthouse. Old faces have left for new adventures, replaced by a new inter...
  • Coffee House
    In Congo, the Church is doing the government’s business - Once I am sure there’s nothing going on I step inside letting the door thud shut The opening lines of…
  • Inductive Quest
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  • Comments on: (Expensive) markets in everything
    By: Zaphod Dentbrox III PHD - You guys are a bunch of suckers for hipster creatives at an ad agency,
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    Cricket world cup final FAQ - This content was lovingly emailed to general sporting masochists in EMERGENCY Sport Review newsletter #70 – join them and get this carry on every week at s...
  • A Force for Good | How economics, morality, and markets combine
    New Blog Location; This Page is Now Defunct - Hello. A Force for Good as permanently relocated to my personal website: www.jonmmurphy.com. Please update your bookmarks accordingly. This website will...
  • Montessori Rocks
    Encouraging Problem Solving - “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” –Maria Montessori This quote speaks volumes to what the end goal is in a Montessori ed...
  • Carl Menger Center for the Study of Money and Banking
    Internationalization of the Yuan Continues Apace - To the unobservant, which includes most politicians, the United States remains a strong and resolute empire. Just witness the statements from Democratic ...
  • The Sand Pit
    The value of value-added in schools - We’re developing New Zealand’s first contextualised value-added model to help evaluate New Zealand secondary schools on a variety of outcome measures. Joel...
  • EconTalk
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  • Michael Newberry, Artist
    Chaos, The Bringer of Equilibrium - Counterpose: Chaos, the Bringer of Equilibrium, oil on linen, 36 x 42 inches, studio inventory Chaos was depressed. No matter how hard she tried she couldn...
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    Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! The post Hello world! appeared first on AYN RAND CENTRE.
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  • Planetizen
    A New Green Thumb Tool for Planners - A New Green Thumb Tool for Planners James Brasuell Wed, 07/12/2017 - 09:00 Primary Image [image: Philadelphia Park] "A joint venture between The Nature Con...
  • For The New Intellectual
    Surrealist Writers Union Goes on Strike -
  • makingnewzealand
    The Argument for Stopping Urban Sprawl - It's true that only about 1 part in 125 of New Zealand's land area is covered over in sprawl, with much less than that being actually built on (much of the...
  • The Dim-Post
    Half-formed thoughts of the day - I was thinking about the Women’s March on Washington, and the global nature of it, and also the global nature of the White Nationalist movement: Trump, Put...
  • The Frank Lloyd Wright Newsblog
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  • PrairieMod
    Richard Neutra Pillow - *Vendor: *Printful *Type: *Pillow *Price: * 34.00 A simple way to dress up any sofa, chair, bed, or room with a pop of color and a bold double-sided gr...
  • Blog - Minkz
    Ichigo Ichie, Moment Hunters, new work by Mina - [image: NewlyDrawnGirl.jpg] *Ichigo Ichie, Moment Hunters - new work by Mina opening 12 March, 5 - 8 pm* On a recent trip to Japan, Mina fell in love wit...
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  • Life Behind the IRon Drape
    Signing off - My Last Blog Post | Nicky Hager; Heather Du Plessis-Allan; Deborah Hill-Cone; Giovanni Tiso - Individualism & the Tyranny of Each Other. - The secret of being a bore is to tell everything – Voltaire. When the last human who understands individualism passes, so will pass the entirety of h...
  • Tibor's space
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  • Politics without God
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  • The PRODOS blog
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  • Titanic Deck Chairs
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  • Money
  • Multiculturalism
  • Nationalism
  • New Freeland
  • Nozick-ism
  • Objectivism
  • Parkinson's Law
  • Political Correctness
  • Political Power v Economic Power
  • Postal Service
  • Producers
  • Property Rights
  • Pride
  • Racism
  • Rationality
  • Responsibility
  • Restrictive Covenants
  • Security
  • Socialism
  • Tariffs
  • Taxation
  • Technology
  • Tragedy of the Commons
  • Underground Economy
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