links for September 3rd
- Patents Are An Economic Absurdity -
- Jerry Bowyer on 3.3 Percent Second-Quarter GDP Growth on NRO Financial on NRO Financial - The housing crisis wasn’t created by free-market capitalism, but by government meddling.
- New Study Shows Solar System is Unique -
- Op-Ed Contributor - Rich Man’s Burden - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com - Since 1980, the number of men in the bottom fifth of the income ladder who work long hours (over 49 hours per week) has dropped by half, according to a study by the economists Peter Kuhn and Fernando Lozano. But among the top fifth of earners, long weeks have increased by 80 percent.
- OpenID Is Why I Hate The Internet - Ted Dziuba - "We have had a solution to this problem for decades: using the same God damned username and password for every website that needs them." - hilarious
