http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/ Copyright 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:54:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Quite a change in just over a month:... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/11/feds_liabilitie.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/11/feds_liabilitie.html Fed Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:54:41 -0800 Take a look at Ken Lewis' expresion. Think he might have known this would come back to bite him? You could argue the intentions were good, but "zero down" loans that the bank (now government/taxpayer?) is ultimately responsible for when... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/09/mortgage_meltdo.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/09/mortgage_meltdo.html Economics Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:06:55 -0800 Former Cuban political prisoner Hector Palacios is returning to Cuba. Here is Mary O'Grady's op-ed on his decision and the related video:... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/08/heading_back_to.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/08/heading_back_to.html Cuba Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:40:30 -0800 Motorists are facing lines miles long trying to fill up their tanks in Baghdad. The Iraqi Oil Minister blames pipeline sabotage. The real reason lies burried halfway through this AP article on the shortages: The official price for a liter... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/07/price_controls_1.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/07/price_controls_1.html Price Controls Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:13:12 -0800 Ignacio Sosa has another great letter to the editor published in today's WSJ: Things We Could Do to Help Make Cuba Libre We do not know if Raul Castro's recent liberalization moves are the beginning, middle or end of the... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/cuba_libre.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/04/cuba_libre.html Cuba Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:04:16 -0800 http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/02/charter_schools.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/02/charter_schools.html School Choice Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:31:23 -0800 Millions Stranded Trying to Return Home for Holidays in China Loss of power in Southern China has stranded millions of Chinese workers trying to return to their villages for their yearly trip home. While the crisis in Guangzhou is being... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/02/its_not_just_ba.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2008/02/its_not_just_ba.html Price Controls Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:17:58 -0800 "The exercise of truth, and the exercise of liberty is something that marks you for all of your life." The WSJ this past weekend had a truly inspiring front-page article profiling Yoani Sánchez, a 32 year old blogger from Cuba... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/12/generation_y.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/12/generation_y.html Cuba Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:28:51 -0800 This just came across the wire: 21:37 PST Venezuelan Voters Reject Chavez's Constitutional Reform By Raul Gallegos and Darcy Crowe Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CARACAS (Dow Jones)--Venezuelans voted to reject President Hugo Chavez's constitutional reform proposal by a slim margin... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/12/an_incredible_v.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/12/an_incredible_v.html Venezuela Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:46:51 -0800 Here is a great speech by Francisco Flores, the former President of El Salvador, presented by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation:... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/11/flores_on_freed.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/11/flores_on_freed.html Economics Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:49:51 -0800 Here's an excellent letter to the editor in today's WSJ: Your article "In Little Havana, Cuba Si, Obama No" (Politics & Economics, Sept. 10) captures the generational conflict between older Cuban-Americans who oppose any change in U.S. policy toward Cuba... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/09/republicans_fre.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/09/republicans_fre.html Cuba Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:38:42 -0800 The insanity of the “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy towards Cuban immigrants is on full display in this front-page article ($) in the WSJ: Cuban Migrants Confront Harsher U.S. Tactics at Sea KEY WEST, Fla. -- Agustin Uralde could barely hear his... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/07/give_me_your_ti.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/07/give_me_your_ti.html Cuba Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:56:58 -0800 NPR has the story: Hardly anyone, outside of a high school civics class, spends time thinking about import tariffs, the tax the government puts on most things imported into the country. But tariffs are part of the real cost of... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/06/shoe_tariffs_re.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/06/shoe_tariffs_re.html Trade Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:50:43 -0800 While many like to blame the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs on inexpensive competition from China, this article shows there are other factors at play. Namely, young workers don’t want the jobs. From the AP: Family Ties to Labor Become... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/05/not_looking_for.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/05/not_looking_for.html Trade Wed, 23 May 2007 17:07:33 -0800 Today NPR had a short report on efforts by Ohio Governor to restrict school vouchers for students in low preforming schools. Here's a succinct summary of the audio: Ohio's new governor, Democrat Ted Strickland, wants to reduce the use of... http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/04/vouchers_under.html http://www.economicswithaface.com/weblog/archives/2007/04/vouchers_under.html School Choice Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:42:07 -0800