Monday, February 8, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Race to the Checkout Line
Competition really can make everything better. Consider this article by Greg Beato:
Unless you're comfortably wealthy, pathologically thin, or both, you probably go to the grocery store at least once every couple of weeks. When you go, there's one factor that most determines the your experience there, and it's not fluctuations in the price of ground coffee, the number of Ben & Jerry's flavors on hand, or how gripping the National Enquirer cover stories are that week. It's how smoothly you move through the check-out line. A country cannot be great without great grocery store baggers - their speed, courtesy, and ability to keep our spaghetti sauce from crushing our hot dog buns is crucial to maintaining public morale.
Source: www.outloudopinion.com
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Vast Dairy Conspiracy
I find this message about rBST rather odd. I can only conclude there is a vast dairy conspiracy afoot.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Following All Regulations
I cite as a sort of an addendum to a previous article I wrote on the subject, something Samuel Edward Konkin, III (SEK3) wrote:
If all regulations passed in any country you wish to name were completely obeyed, let alone enforced, we would all be dead. Consider a particularly pathological case in the United States of America. If you charge a price for your product higher than your competitors, this is taken as evidence under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act that you have a monopoly and charges may be brought against you. The same problem arises if you charge the same; that is considered evidence of a cartel and you and your competitors can all be fined. Finally, if you charge less than your competitors, you are violating the "Fair Trade" laws in most states and can be arrested and fined. It is impossible to obey all the regulations.Source: The Agorist Primer, p. 39 I heard a joke along these lines from a Mises conference. I'm sorry, I don't remember who originally told it. The joke goes like this:There were three soviet prisoners comparing stories about why they were in prison. The first one said he was in prison because he was late to work. He was accused of being lazy. The second said he in prison for the same thing, only it was because he was early to work. He was accused of being too competitive. The third prisoner was always on time to work. He was accused of having an American watch. It's kind-of sad because these Soviet vs. American jokes are dated and don't make much sense anymore.
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