tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-131841072024-03-17T23:02:45.634-04:00Musings Of MonkeesfanA blog on varied subjects by Michael Daly.Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4027125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-47784387507250706762024-03-05T09:40:00.000-05:002024-03-05T09:40:30.712-05:00Cherry-Piketty Data<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/cherry-piketty-data/">Cherry-Piketty Data</a>: "Whether the distribution is problematic and calls for correction is one question, but measuring the extent of inequality and whether it is getting worse is an entirely different issue." ~Robert MulliganMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-30201198213784407462024-02-26T16:37:00.001-05:002024-02-26T16:37:13.047-05:00Anatomy of a Leftist Obsession<a href="https://victorhanson.com/russia-russia-forever-an-anatomy-of-a-left-wing-obsession/">Russia! Russia! Forever: An Anatomy of a Left-wing Obsession</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-2406976697834254272024-02-26T10:23:00.001-05:002024-02-26T10:23:04.378-05:001978 Talladega 500 (FULL RADIO BROADCAST)<iframe width="480" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/b2ERHikV6N0?si=0bHjjUlIUFBp_zW8" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Lennie Pond storms to stunning Talladega winMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-63671911391115013372024-02-26T10:18:00.001-05:002024-02-26T10:18:33.066-05:00Income Inequality Rightly Understood<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/income-inequality-rightly-understood/">Income Inequality Rightly Understood</a>: "Any discussion of income inequality that fails to address whether the source added value for others or simply extracted unearned rents, is not merely incomplete, but misleading." ~Robert MulliganMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-40312793450105641172024-02-16T12:58:00.001-05:002024-02-16T12:58:40.160-05:00America Can’t Afford Bidenomics<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/america-cant-afford-bidenomics/">America Can’t Afford Bidenomics</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-81716964559691104812024-02-13T13:40:00.001-05:002024-02-13T13:40:26.548-05:00Intellectuals for Sale<a href="https://brownstone.org/articles/intellectuals-for-sale/">Intellectuals for Sale</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-73567745475469554352024-02-11T18:59:00.001-05:002024-02-11T18:59:05.341-05:00The Absurd Democrat Border Con<a href="https://victorhanson.com/the-absurd-democrat-border-con/">The Absurd Democrat Border Con</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-86032984908262801082024-02-02T12:30:00.001-05:002024-02-02T12:30:07.687-05:00The Fraud Virtue Of Taxation<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/not-a-very-virtuous-virtue-signal/">Not a Very Virtuous Virtue Signal</a>: "Calling the extraction of resources from one group to give to others an investment, rather than wealth redistribution that reduces others claims on their own property, is a massive misrepresentation." ~Gary M. GallesMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-45665006397555575402024-02-01T14:29:00.001-05:002024-02-01T14:29:22.983-05:00Milei Proves That Ideas Matter<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/milei-proves-that-ideas-matter/">Milei Proves That Ideas Matter</a>: "Rather than the thin gruel of economic grievance offered by American right-wing populists, Milei’s policies are built on his vast knowledge of sound and successful, albeit politically unpopular, economic thinking." ~ G. Patrick LynchMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-56408913445667341342024-01-24T14:11:00.001-05:002024-01-24T14:11:29.742-05:00Mr. Jones and the Soviet Lie<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/mr-jones-and-the-soviet-lie/">Mr. Jones and the Soviet Lie</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-45332516882325069812024-01-23T10:30:00.003-05:002024-01-23T10:30:28.800-05:00 Fallacies as Economic Disinformation<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/profits-do-not-cause-inflation-causal-fallacies-as-economic-ignorance/">Profits Do Not Cause Inflation: Causal Fallacies as Economic Disinformation</a>: "Fortunately, the idea that thousands of businesses have colluded to raise prices, boosting their profit margins and engineering the inflation that continues to afflict Americans, is easily disproven." ~Peter C. EarleMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-90860491074738380762024-01-20T01:03:00.001-05:002024-01-20T01:03:01.890-05:00NPR Promotes A Hoax Economist <a href="https://www.aier.org/article/meet-the-economist-npr-interviewed-to-explain-why-americas-34-trillion-debt-is-definitely-not-a-problem/">Meet the Economist NPR Interviewed to Explain Why America’s $34 Trillion Debt Is Definitely Not a Problem</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-2675081564763452782024-01-03T16:51:00.002-05:002024-01-03T16:51:22.035-05:00Unions Serve No Good But Biden Fights For Them Anyway<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/as-some-workers-try-to-free-themselves-from-unionization-biden-officials-try-to-dragoon-more-in/">As Some Workers Try to Free Themselves from Unionization, Biden Officials Try to Dragoon More In</a>: "This case is destined for the Supreme Court, which might take another look at the constitutionality of compulsory unionism. The Court might even decide that the freedom to decide whether you want someone else acting as your representative is a fundamental right." ~George LeefMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-20812304097086409482023-12-22T17:11:00.002-05:002023-12-22T17:11:54.385-05:00The Case For Agnostics<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/when-progressives-and-conservatives-compete-agnostics-win/">When Progressives and Conservatives Compete, Agnostics Win</a>: "While progressives and conservatives duel in the arena of certainties and are willing to place individual liberties on hold in support of their social ambitions, agnostics navigate an ever-shifting political landscape with a compass turned always toward the polestar of individual liberty." ~PaulMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-46684471245296486342023-12-18T13:11:00.001-05:002023-12-18T13:11:50.510-05:00Mythologizing Markets And Low Income Customers<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/are-entrepreneurs-insufficiently-incited-to-compete-in-markets-that-serve-low-income-people/">Are Entrepreneurs Insufficiently Incited to Compete in Markets that Serve Low-Income People?</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-52482272936107445572023-12-04T10:12:00.001-05:002023-12-04T10:12:36.428-05:00Biden Cooking The Benefit-Cost Analysis Books<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/even-more-ways-to-cook-the-benefit-cost-analysis-books/">Even More Ways to Cook The Benefit-Cost Analysis Books</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-60451246549360177212023-11-13T10:32:00.002-05:002023-11-13T10:32:10.487-05:00Jobs Created By Trade<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/the-jobs-that-you-dont-want-to-be-destroyed-by-trade-were-created-by-trade/">The Jobs You Don’t Want to Be Destroyed By Trade Were Created By Trade</a>: "By keeping prices down, and outputs and product varieties up, trade makes every dollar earned go further." ~Donald J. BoudreauxMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-15989722774290196132023-10-31T00:14:00.001-04:002023-10-31T00:14:23.764-04:00A Therapeutic Middle East Versus A Tragic One<a href="https://victorhanson.com/a-therapeutic-middle-east-versus-a-tragic-one/">A Therapeutic Middle East Versus A Tragic One</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-73682122781225770682023-10-27T11:36:00.001-04:002023-10-27T11:36:08.818-04:00Government Can’t Handle Loneliness <a href="https://www.aier.org/article/an-epidemic-of-loneliness/">An Epidemic of Loneliness?</a>: "In addition to overstepping its bounds through potential regulations, censorship, and bans, government has itself contributed to the problem of loneliness." ~James PetersonMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-2444813930735422672023-10-19T22:37:00.003-04:002023-10-19T22:37:34.483-04:00Iran’s Own Growing Danger<a href="https://victorhanson.com/does-iran-realize-its-own-growing-danger/">Does Iran Realize Its Own Growing Danger?</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-40123543669676772182023-10-12T14:09:00.003-04:002023-10-12T14:09:41.671-04:00The Progressivist Support Of Extermination <a href="https://victorhanson.com/hamas-and-amoral-clarity/">Hamas and Amoral Clarity</a>Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-87559049505103075382023-10-11T16:27:00.001-04:002023-10-11T16:27:06.442-04:00Catch-up Inflation<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/catch-up-inflation/">Catch-up Inflation</a>: "Where there is collective bargaining, workers go on strike to demand higher wages in order to catch-up to inflation. Elsewhere in the economy, individual workers bargain for higher wages with their current employer, or begin searching for better-paying jobs." ~Clifford ThiesMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-3622248185402251182023-10-10T14:51:00.005-04:002023-10-10T14:52:02.515-04:00The Scam Of Weasel Words<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/do-i-own-what-is-mine/">Do I Own What Is Mine?</a>: "We should rethink the deference we give what may be the shortest, but not the least damaging weasel word in common usage today." ~Gary M. GallesMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-73591512353506057742023-10-10T14:08:00.001-04:002023-10-10T14:08:07.606-04:00Joe Biden, Shifty Economists, and the Big Lie<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/joe-biden-shifty-economists-and-the-big-lie/">Joe Biden, Shifty Economists, and the Big Lie</a>: "America’s federal tax system remains steeply progressive, and no politically motivated data manipulation will ever alter that fact." ~Phil MagnessMonkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13184107.post-31453120955667844992023-10-03T18:26:00.000-04:002023-10-03T18:26:10.261-04:00Price Controls Don’t Fight Inflation: 40 Centuries of Evidence<a href="https://www.aier.org/article/price-controls-dont-fight-inflation-40-centuries-of-evidence/">Price Controls Don’t Fight Inflation: 40 Centuries of Evidence</a>: "Price controls do not stop inflation; they only make things worse. If prices are going up, it's either because monetary policy is too loose or because the economy suffered a decline in productivity."Monkeesfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14522953722006761283noreply@blogger.com0