HedgeFundGuy points out that it’s not what got us last time that will get us next: we’re at least alert to that older problem, as any plane hijakers these days quickly find out.
Wat Tyler has a look at the Honours List and wonders about these rewards for failure. Netsmith would just like to point out that the odd gong is a lot cheaper than actually paying their pensions.
The Taxpayer’s Alliance has released its annual list of non-jobs as advertised in The Guardian Society pages.
Mark Perry asks a very important question. If Cuba’s health system is a triumph of the socialist revolution, why isn’t Castro himself using it?
Andrew Morriss wonders why Bob Geldof and Bono are meeting in Germany to discuss African development:
What is to debate? Only entertainers and politicians could be unaware of the straightforward starting points for solving Africa’s many problems: free trade and governments that neither murder their citizens nor steal their property.
For those so deluded as to think that governments look beyond the next election while private companies are only interested in the next quarter’s results, well, The Coyote Blog would like to have a word.
And finally, Chris Dillow would like to congratulate Sir James Dyson on his gong, but could he please get his company to be a little less sexist?
From Adam Smith Institute
Tags: Libertarian, Politics, Liberty, Freedom
