RE: [Forum] Quoth who?

2003-05-30 Thread dlurker
I remember seeing the quote recently, just don't remember where. I'm tempted to think H.L. Mencken for some reason, though. Also just reread Crisis and Leviathan and suspect it might be from there if it's not Mencken. Daniel L. Lurker Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in

Re: Health insurance for kids

2003-06-17 Thread dlurker
Otherwise, perhaps people feel a social obligation to help support children in the society. This behavior might also be for PR purposes. If some textile worker is laid off b/c their labor is more expensive than foreign they might not be as likely to play the part of Marxian victim of

Re: New Borjas Bombshell: Immigration Now Impacting College Grads' Incomes

2003-09-04 Thread dlurker
Indeed, Hoppe is from Germany, even if he wishes he wasn't. - Original Message - From: Anton Sherwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, September 1, 2003 3:16 pm Subject: Re: New Borjas Bombshell: Immigration Now Impacting College Grads' Incomes alypius skinner wrote: (Ironically, this

Re: paying for blood donations

2004-02-23 Thread dlurker
Although probably not marketable, why not use high incentives and some arbitrary standard that is strongly negatively correlated with being a high risk donor? Education, income or land ownership for instance? Bring a transcript showing at least two years of college, a W-2 showing 15k of wages,

Re: paying for blood donations

2004-02-23 Thread dlurker
Interesting point. I'd be interested to know how blood is currently allocated among hospitals and other end users. Market process or rationing? If the former, it seems like there would be price differences in value dependent on the relative incidence of blood types in the population. I suspect

Veterinary Drug Approval Process

2005-04-18 Thread dlurker
Does anyone have data on costs related to the FDA approval process for veterinary drugs? I am interested to see how these would compare to commonly cited information on the burdens associated with the human drug approval process (time required to obtain approval, supporting documentation