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Saving capitalism from itself?
Those of a right-wing disposition may care to look away now. Robert Reich’s 2004 book, Reason,…
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Vaccine fund to save lives
Kudos to Gordon Brown for getting the new International Finance Facility for Immunization off the ground. …
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Progressive flat tax?
I have a confession to make. Despite my progressive tendencies, I am in favour of a…
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Still dying in Darfur
The mainstream media have lost interest in Darfur. Even Nicholas Kristof, who has done an outstanding…
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Measles campaign success in Africa
A study in The Lancet (free registration required) measures the success of a partnership to reduce…
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Aid and the UN Summit
Tim Worstall reacts to an article by Bill Easterly which I quoted here last week. Bill…
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Dismal economists don’t understand opportunity cost
Only 22 percent of American professional economists understand the idea of opportunity cost. This is the…
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Statement of the bleedin’ obvious
Patti Waldmeir in today’s Financial Times (subscription required) about the death of William Rehnquist, who died…