A friend has asked me to support federal legislation ostensibly designed to reduce carbon emissions, speed our transition to an alternative energy future, and create green jobs. He believes this can only happen through government intervention. While his intentions are good, his reliance on government is misplaced. Here’s why. Europe’s promotion of green energy has […]

I happened to be reading Arnold Kling and Nick Schultz’s excellent new book, From Poverty to Prosperity, when the earthquake struck Haiti. This quake was a 7.0 magnitude event, the same as the Bay Area quake of 1989. The geological disturbances may have been equal but the result surely was not. The California quake killed […]

I have friends involved in construction, finance, and real estate. None of them, not even those in Bozeman, are prospering as they were two years ago. Several have asked me to speculate on the future. I’ll focus on Bozeman, but will first outline the national context. Initially note that we are among the many victims […]

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