Destroying value
Foundation for Economic Education
by Sheldon Richman
10/14/11
In Cleveland and other American cities homes are being demolished because five years after the housing bust there is nothing better to do with them. Therein lies a lesson in Austrian business cycle theory. In a world of uncertainty, waste - the destruction of value - is inevitable...
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/tgif/destroying-value/
Prison-yard America
Future of Freedom Foundation
by Wendy McElroy
10/12/11
Since September, a public-school district in Florida has been taking fingerprint scans at the entrance to schools as a way to monitor attendance. The scans are compared against a database of students to detect truants. As in most highly intrusive school policies, parents are thrown a bone of control by allowing them to request an 'opt out' for their children. An opted-out student needs to pursue a teacher and go through a special sign-in every day...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com1110k.asp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=housing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wendy+McElroy
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by Sheldon Richman
10/14/11
In Cleveland and other American cities homes are being demolished because five years after the housing bust there is nothing better to do with them. Therein lies a lesson in Austrian business cycle theory. In a world of uncertainty, waste - the destruction of value - is inevitable...
http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/tgif/destroying-value/
Prison-yard America
Future of Freedom Foundation
by Wendy McElroy
10/12/11
Since September, a public-school district in Florida has been taking fingerprint scans at the entrance to schools as a way to monitor attendance. The scans are compared against a database of students to detect truants. As in most highly intrusive school policies, parents are thrown a bone of control by allowing them to request an 'opt out' for their children. An opted-out student needs to pursue a teacher and go through a special sign-in every day...
http://www.fff.org/comment/com1110k.asp
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=housing
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wendy+McElroy
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