Mateo Palos

March 2, 2009

Political terminology

Filed under: economics, politics — mkpalos @ 11:36 am

“The usual terminology of political language is stupid…Who is ‘reactionary’ and who is ‘progressive’? Reaction against an unwise policy is not to be condemned. And progress towards chaos is not to be commended. Nothing should find acceptance just because it is new, radical, and fashionable. ‘Orthodoxy’ is not an evil if the doctrine on which the ‘orthodox’ stand is sound.”
—Ludwig von Mises, in Interventionism: An Economic Analysis (1998).

January 30, 2009

College tuition has increased 248% since 1990

Filed under: economics, politics — mkpalos @ 3:52 pm

According to the Wall Street Journal. On the plus side, computers prices have decreased by 89%.

As the Consumerist put it, “Good news for those of you who like electronics, and bad news for those of you who want to go to college to learn more about them.”

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