Re: high school economics

2002-06-25 Thread Jeffrey Rous
do with Heyne in a lecture class of 150. Thanks for listening to me rant. Comments? -Jeffrey Rous [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/24/02 11:57PM Howdy, Let me apologize in advance for this letter being too long. With all due respect, I think I may be disagreeing with Mr. Foldarvy. First, I think his

Health insurance for kids

2003-06-17 Thread Jeffrey Rous
this be rational? -Jeffrey Rous

Re: immigration: net gain or net drain?

2003-09-03 Thread Jeffrey Rous
I know some immigrants send some of their money to relatives in their previous countries, but they can't send all of it; most must be spent in the host country. And even if they send the money out of the county, it eventually leads to a greater demand for exports. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/03/03

Re: Private urban green space

2004-07-30 Thread Jeffrey Rous
As a topic, I am more interested local parks and other local greenspace rather than golf courses and Disney World. It seems that to have parks provided by private developers requires the type of sprawling enclave development that many city planners (and most of my homebuying friends) are

Re: Private urban green space

2004-08-02 Thread Jeffrey Rous
and higher, at least perceived, crime rates. I have some thoughts about why new development is looking the way it is, but I am not satisfied with any of them. Stephen Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/30/04 12:04PM On Jul 30, 2004, at 12:54 PM, Jeffrey Rous wrote: At the same time, none of my

Re: Private urban green space

2004-08-02 Thread Jeffrey Rous
Economists are not hostile to public goods. I guess I did overstate it a bit. Among my more conservative, pro-market economist friends, there is a general suspicion of the public goods argument. I think that mostly, this comes from a distrust of government. Fair enough. Anyway, that is where

Re: Projections and Media incentives

2004-11-03 Thread Jeffrey Rous
From CNN.com: Sen. John Kerry's campaign refused to concede early Wednesday, arguing that more than 250,000 provisional and absentee ballots remained to be counted in the key battleground state of Ohio. New Mexico will not release presidential election results until later Wednesday because

Re: Laffer Curve

2005-04-18 Thread Jeffrey Rous
I think the debate is over the tax rate where revenue is maximized. If it is near 25%, you can argue cutting taxes will raise revenue, if it is nearer to 60%, cutting taxes will cause revenue to fall. I am sure there has been research on this, but I do not know the consensus (last I heard, the

Re: Does one government intervention lead to another?

2005-04-20 Thread Jeffrey Rous
In addition, the book you site seems to have missed something big. If I recall correctly, studies have shown that smokers generally place less of a burden on Medicaid/Medicare than non-smokers. This is because non-smokers live longer, giving them more time to accumulate medical bills, and

Re: Katrina and the Evacuation of the Poor and Infirm: Market Failure?

2005-09-06 Thread Jeffrey Rous
I guess the market failure would be one of capital markets not being able to respond fast enough and offering high interest loans to the poor and infirm in N.O. so that they could pay to evacuate within a day or two. Possibly, the market for information failed in that people in N.O. did not