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Excellent couple of political interviews: once Senator insists that taxes are voluntary, a Congresswoman insists that working for less than minimum wage is just fine, as long as they're working for her.

Even if the stimulus works, it won't work: what'll be the effect of politicians getting their hands on the banking syustem?

It's generally agreed that sports stadium building doesn't provide a stimulus: so why should other infrastructure projects do so?

And this scheme is likelty to be expanded as part of our own stimulus. Whoopee, eh?

Introducing Valtio, the country which might give Patri Friedman a run for his money.

Instead of the spies playing economists and the economists spies, why not utilise that insight of Adam's, the division of labour and its specialisation?

And finally, vomitology.