Re: Campaign finance changes

2002-03-05 Thread Fred Foldvary
The real problem is not how to get money out of politics but how to get politics out of money. Alex For my analysis of how to do this, see Recalculating Consent at: http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/fest/files/foldvary.htm Fred Foldvary = [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Airlines Again

2002-03-05 Thread Alex Tabarrok
Fabio mentioned the long string of unprofitable airlines in an earlier post. The Feb. 17, 2002 NYTimes Magazine had a good piece by Rich Lowenstein this. Among others, the following points caught my eye: One reason the major airlines find themselves in this predicament is that they use huge

Campaign financing and Proudhon

2002-03-05 Thread Kimbo
Proudhon sounds like a minimal statist except for his necessary cooperatives for large businesses and banking. Presumably large means larger than Adam Smiths omnipresent subcontracting can efficiently compete with.But what of workplace agreements moderated by unions acting as agents in