Archive for August 13th, 2008

Using A Mallet to Smash Shiny Myths

Full of whacking metaphors?! My favorite kind of review! Marginal Revolution takes Against Intellectual Monopoly to task. In addition to all the whacking, poster Alex Tabarrok does my other favorite kind of review; one that really engages the authors and argues nuances with them. Against Intellectual Monopoly is a relentless, pounding, take no prisoners attack [...]

One Hundred BILLION Dollars!

It has nothing to do with a nuclear-armed drill, or liquid-hot mag-ma however. The US has spent $100 billion on contractors since 2003. And as we know, it was well accounted for, and spent prudently. Right?