2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Here’s what I said in last year’s November column: “George Mason University economists are leaders in economic thinking. They include scholars such as Nobel Laureate James Buchanan, who along with his colleague Gordon Tullock, pioneered the field in...Lessons From Bali: Facing Up To Evil
Perhaps the massive bomb blast on the Indonesian island of Bali will cause some second thoughts — or perhaps first thoughts — by those who blamed the United States for having provoked the September 11th attacks by its actions and policies in the Middle...Another United Nations Sham: Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi to Head the U.N. Human Rights Commission
Hollywood loves using the “it takes a thief to catch a thief” plot in its movies. But even the most creative scriptwriter couldn’t top the real-life plot twist the U.N. Commission on Human Rights will have concocted when Libya becomes its chairman....One-Uppers vs. Survival
Among the many commemorations of the September 11th anniversary, the one at Berkeley was unique. The American flag was banned because it might offend people from other countries. “The Star Spangled Banner” was banned because it was considered too...The Long and Shoremen of It
Labor’s opposition to productivity improvements goes back at least to the early nineteenth-century Luddites.
