Jim Ulvog

It’s okay to kill California condors. As long as you are running a wind farm. Or building luxury homes. In the middle of condor habitat.

And as long as you didn’t really mean to off them.

(Cross-post from my other blog, Outrun Change.)

The Los Angeles Times reports Companies won’t face charges in condor deaths.

The federal Fish and Wildlife Service told the operators of Terra-Gen Power’s wind farm in the heart of condor habitat they

…will not be prosecuted if their turbines accidentally kill a condor during the expected 30-year life span of the project.

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By Jim Ulvog, ago

Why the difference between the excitement and opportunities in technology news and the horrible, terrible, depressing everything-falling-apart news in the political realm?

I challenge you to this experiment: Spend a few days reading nothing but technology news. Then spend a few days reading nothing but political news. For the first few days [you will] see an exciting world of innovation and creativity where everything is getting better all the time. In the Read more

By Jim Ulvog, ago

Looking for the cause of poverty? It isn’t capitalism. Look for some other Cs – corruption, collusion, and cronyism

It’s not capitalism that has crushed millions of people into the dust of poverty across Africa and many other places and times around the world. Capitalism lifts people out of the dust.

What keeps the poor in grinding poverty?

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Daniel Henninger’s column Capitalism’s Corruptions discusses the real causes of poverty (more…)

By Jim Ulvog, ago

Q: Did the New Deal end or extend the Great Depression?

A:  Extend.

That’s the conclusion of Dr. Lee Ohanian, Professor of Economics at UCLA, as explained in his video Did FRD End or Extend the Depression?

 

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The primary reason cited by the Professor is artificial increases in prices and wages driven by federal policy, specifically the National Industrial Recovery Act. (more…)

By Jim Ulvog, ago

How to avoid prosperity

Winston Churchill suggests two ways to drive down an economy: “We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” and “If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for Read more

By Jim Ulvog, ago

Profile of Margaret Thatcher – Legacy of freedom

The Economist magazine had a nice profile on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher: No ordinary politician.

Items of interest for this blog are comments about her changing the overall economic and political direction of England away from Socialist back to Capitalist.

A colleague of hers once quoted Abraham Lincoln as encouragement to her before a major speech. She pulled out a copy of the quote from her purse. The comment? (more…)

By Jim Ulvog, ago