Comments for Inertia Wins! http://inertiawins.com The Iron Law of Politics Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Talking Past Each Other by Alex http://inertiawins.com/2012/02/03/talking-past-each-other/#comment-1749 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:35:50 +0000 http://inertiawins.com/?p=5156#comment-1749 You left out perhaps the greatest reason liberal-egalitarians and libertarians need to cooperate.

The two libertarian economists I most admire – Bryan Caplan and Jeff Miron – have each identified what they consider the most damaging government policies. Caplan says immigration restrictions. Miron says the drug war. Both traditionally leftie causes.

]]> Comment on Regulation of the Day 208: Re-Booking Flights by On Internet TV – Airline Fees and Unintended Consequences | Inertia Wins! http://inertiawins.com/2012/02/02/regulation-of-the-day-208-re-booking-flights/#comment-1745 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:17:49 +0000 http://inertiawins.com/?p=5148#comment-1745 [...] At about 5:24 EST tonight, I’ll be on Wall Street Journal‘s live tv show to talk about Spirit Airlines’new “Department of Transportation Unintended Consequences” fee for all ticketbuyers. The fee is a snarky response to a new DOT regulation limiting re-booking fees, and I blogged about it here. [...]

]]> Comment on The Economics of Charging for Airline Amenities by Regulation of the Day 208: Re-Booking Flights | Inertia Wins! http://inertiawins.com/2010/02/09/the-economics-of-charging-for-airline-amenities/#comment-1741 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:31:33 +0000 http://inertiawins.com/?p=1708#comment-1741 [...] business practice, called unbundling, does help keep ticket prices low, as I’ve previously explained. But it’s still annoying; people are [...]

]]> Comment on The Economics of Charging for Airline Amenities by Regulation of the Day 208: Re-Booking Flights http://inertiawins.com/2010/02/09/the-economics-of-charging-for-airline-amenities/#comment-1740 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:59:04 +0000 http://inertiawins.com/?p=1708#comment-1740 [...] business practice, called unbundling, does help keep ticket prices low, as I’ve previously explained. But it’s still annoying; people are transaction-averse.The Department of Transportation, [...]

]]> Comment on Regulation of the Day 206: Buying Drain Cleaner by Regulation of the Day 207: Cold Medicine | My Blog http://inertiawins.com/2012/01/12/regulation-of-the-day-206-buying-drain-cleaner/#comment-1722 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:35:48 +0000 http://inertiawins.com/?p=5042#comment-1722 [...] drains and runny noses. Just as they are now compulsory to benefaction current ID when shopping drain cleaner, a people of Illinois have had to do a same thing given 2009 when shopping cold medicine. But [...]

]]> Comment on Recall Opportunity Costs by Fred Young http://inertiawins.com/2012/01/24/recall-opportunity-costs/#comment-1714 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:29:43 +0000 http://inertiawins.com/?p=5090#comment-1714 The recalls in WI are #1 issue in the country for public employee unions. Their dues income has been deeply cut (due to the end of dues checkoff) and they don’t want that to spread to other states. Note that the state teachers union recently laid off 40 of their previous 100 employees. Gov. Walker is an existential threat to the public employee unions.

]]> Comment on Profits and Losses by The Daily Climb-Thursday, Jan. 5th, 2012 | The Daily Climb-Daily Posting Of Relevant Content http://inertiawins.com/2012/01/05/profits-and-losses/#comment-1708 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:49:23 +0000 http://inertiawins.com/?p=4985#comment-1708 [...] http://inertiawins.com/2012/01/05/profits-and-losses/ [...]

]]> Comment on Regulation of the Day 206: Buying Drain Cleaner by Regulation of the Day 207: Cold Medicine http://inertiawins.com/2012/01/12/regulation-of-the-day-206-buying-drain-cleaner/#comment-1705 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:29:53 +0000 http://inertiawins.com/?p=5042#comment-1705 [...] with sluggish drains and runny noses. Just as they are now required to present valid ID when buying drain cleaner, the people of Illinois have had to do the same thing since 2009 when buying cold medicine. But [...]

]]> Comment on Rick Moranis, Economist by Jasmin Hayoz http://inertiawins.com/2012/01/18/rick-moranis-economist/#comment-1691 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:19:05 +0000 http://inertiawins.com/?p=5058#comment-1691 I admit: I have already been swayed by the financial doom-and-gloomers concerning the economy. Has someone identified any ray of optimism throughout this “recession”?

]]> Comment on Hard Times? by Fred Young http://inertiawins.com/2012/01/17/hard-times/#comment-1689 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:45:56 +0000 http://inertiawins.com/?p=5052#comment-1689 Excellent perspective on our tendency to declare that the sky is falling and pine for the “good old days”.

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