Recent comments by jim bridgeman

• A Wiser America

  Lots of talking heads, but only about 1 American in 20.

• A Wiser America

  One American in 20 has any consciousness of this stuff.

• Suffer the Children, Suffer the Country

  It would be interesting to correlate these rankings with the levels of ethnic diversity and with the rates of immigration into the countries involved. It's easy to hypothecate political differences as a causal factor but a lot of other covariates are at play, too.

• The Electric Car’s Short Circuit

  Rent seeking by would be developers. Terrible idea to just put subsidies out there. Governments spurred development of aviation by offering prizes and mail contracts only when certain objectives were achieved, no generalized subsidies just to fly. Even the railroad incentives were not just cash subsidies. They gave away land, which was all-but worthless to the recipient until the recipient created an economically viable railroad to reach the land.

• Germany’s Choice

  Alexander Hamilton could not have said it better.