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TSA Sing-Along

by Ryan Young on May 19, 2011

in Mobility, Personal Liberty

The good folks at Reason.tv have released an educational music video about the TSA featuring singer-songwriter-comedian Remy. Worth watching.

The Environmental-Industrial Complex

by Ryan Young on April 12, 2011

in Economy, Environment, Regulation

Sometimes the green part of green regulations isn’t the environment. It’s money.

Economics says that people act according to their incentives. Public choice theorists say that politicians and regulators also act according to their incentives — just like the rest of us. Those incentives include maximizing agency budgets and winning elections.

This short video from Reason.tv shows public choice theory in action:

Impossibly Awesome Cash for Clunkers Video

by Ryan Lynch on August 7, 2009 · 1 comment

in Culture, Economy, Mobility, Odds & Ends, Politics as Usual, Regulation, Stimulus to Nowhere, Zeitgeist

Reason TV hits a home run:

Massive savings from your own pocket!

Celebrating the Bard’s birthday

by Fran Smith on April 23, 2009

in Culture

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‘Though there’s uncertainty about the exact date, April 23 is observed as William Shakespeare’s birthday, and Reason’s Nick Gillespie and National Review Online celebrate the Bard. Here’s a quote for today:

Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

(Hamlet, Polonius)