Comments on: The Rent-Seekers Ball http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/03/the-rent-seeker.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mesa Econoguy http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/03/the-rent-seeker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10255 Mesa Econoguy Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:43:41 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/03/the-rent-seeker.html#comment-10255 <p>Is this like the <a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Secret Policeman’s Other Ball</a>? </p> Is this like the Secret Policeman’s Other Ball?

]]> By: JimVAT http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/03/the-rent-seeker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10254 JimVAT Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:38:34 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/03/the-rent-seeker.html#comment-10254 <p>Too bad the linked graph cuts off at the end of 2007. I have a far better graph on my blog at:</p> <p>http://vitalaccuratethinking.blogspot.com/2008/03/this-is-graph.html</p> Too bad the linked graph cuts off at the end of 2007. I have a far better graph on my blog at:

http://vitalaccuratethinking.blogspot.com/2008/03/this-is-graph.html

]]> By: Ironman http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/03/the-rent-seeker.html/comment-page-1#comment-10253 Ironman Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:35:58 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/03/the-rent-seeker.html#comment-10253 <p>Speaking of global warming, here's an <a href="http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2007/2007JD008465.shtml" rel="nofollow">interesting paper</a> (via <a href="http://voluntaryxchange.typepad.com/voluntaryxchange/2008/03/bye-bye-to-half.html" rel="nofollow">David Tufte</a>) - here's his quick summary of the paper's findings:</p> <p>"<i>The idea is really basic: if you have a richer country and a poorer country right next to each other, the former can't be hotter if warming is a global problem.</p> <p>It turns out half of warming isn't global. So, what is it? More than likely it comes from measuring temperatures in the heat islands created by urban areas, and by the transition of formerly rural temperature stations to suburban locations.</i>"<br /> </p> Speaking of global warming, here’s an interesting paper (via David Tufte) – here’s his quick summary of the paper’s findings:

“The idea is really basic: if you have a richer country and a poorer country right next to each other, the former can’t be hotter if warming is a global problem.

It turns out half of warming isn’t global. So, what is it? More than likely it comes from measuring temperatures in the heat islands created by urban areas, and by the transition of formerly rural temperature stations to suburban locations.“

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