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Archive for August 9, 2007
Free trade and competitive tax rates
August 9, 2007 by Tom Armstrong.
Short article on the virtues of free trade and competitive tax rates.
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WSJ article on Schip
August 9, 2007 by Tom Armstrong.
Opinion on Schip in today’s WSJ (subscription required).
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Freakonomics quorum
August 9, 2007 by Tom Armstrong.
Interesting question on the freakonomics blog:
You are walking down the street in New York City with $10 of disposable income in your pocket. You come to a corner with a hot dog vendor on one side and a beggar on the other. The beggar looks like he’s been drinking; the hot dog vendor looks like an upstanding citizen. How, if at all, do you distribute the $10 in your pocket, and why?
Click here for answers.
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