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Out of Control Policy Blog
http://www.reason.org/blog
Reason Foundation's policy blog, advocating for free minds and free markets.
- Added on: May 12th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: hookskat
- Listed in: News & Media Libertarian
- Tags: politics economics reason transportation privatization robert poole
Recent Posts
Austin, Texas Tollroad Cuts Congestion and Pollution
Central Texas opened its first modern tollway on March 7, 2009, when the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority unveigled the 183A tollway. Since then, the tollway has logged traffic of 55,000 transactions per day, more than double the number proj...
California Voters Were Railroaded by High-Speed Rail Proposal
The San Diego Union-Tribune recently published a column of mine on California's high-speed rail project. The counterpoint article was written by California High-Speed Rail Authority member Lynn Schenk. As expected, it was filled with fant...
Louisiana School Choice News
Louisiana's Streamlining Government Commission recommends two new school choice proposals. The first directs the state government to pursue a funding system in which the money follows the child into each school through a student-based budgeting syste...
Unemployment Numbers Spark Debate on Economy
By now, most people following the economy know that the national unemployment rate dipped from 10.2 percent in October to 10.0 percent in November according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That dip has started quite a discussion over wha...
"You Are, Mr. Bernanke, the Definition of Moral Hazard"
Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) took a Louisville Slugger to Bernanke in the Fed Chairman reappointment hearings yesterday. The Hall of Fame baseball player opened by reminding Bernanke that he opposed him in 2005 and that he opposes him now. He ripped into ...
Unemployment Declines Slightly
In a bit of a surprise turn, unemployment dipped slightly in November. Numbers released this morning show that unemployment fell from 10.2% to 10%, with workers cutting just 11,000 jobs last month. Some had expected as many as 130,000 jobs to be lost...
