Comments on: Reasonable (?) Requests http://jeffaho.com/archives/requests/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:09:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://jeffaho.com/archives/requests/comment-page-1/#comment-34284 Jeff Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:21:56 +0000 http://jeffaho.com/?p=89#comment-34284 There is a little discussion on the Facebook syndication of this post where you can learn a bit more. In the New Year I can lend you some of the numerous Econ books I've been reading and accumulating. They aren't as fun as Freakonomics but some of them have drastically changed my views on numerous issues. Some select examples for your benefit: Suffrage: Austria and Brazil have a 16 age of majority. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_age#Further_reductions Consumption taxes: I strongly suggest reading this: http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2008/09/pigou-club-manifesto-directors-cut.html And I came across this today: http://www.econ-environment.ca/open-letter.html There is a little discussion on the Facebook syndication of this post where you can learn a bit more. In the New Year I can lend you some of the numerous Econ books I’ve been reading and accumulating. They aren’t as fun as Freakonomics but some of them have drastically changed my views on numerous issues.

Some select examples for your benefit:

Suffrage: Austria and Brazil have a 16 age of majority.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_age#Further_reductions

Consumption taxes:

I strongly suggest reading this: http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2008/09/pigou-club-manifesto-directors-cut.html

And I came across this today: http://www.econ-environment.ca/open-letter.html

]]> By: Mike Purvis http://jeffaho.com/archives/requests/comment-page-1/#comment-34281 Mike Purvis Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:22:00 +0000 http://jeffaho.com/?p=89#comment-34281 Yeah, most of that looks good to me. Some of the tax/tariff stuff I'm not as up on in terms of the broader implications, but they sound promising in principle. Ultimately, I find these kinds of calls for change most persuasive when each action item is accompanied by one of more examples of places that have successfully implemented the change. (Such as Nevada for prostitution, or various European nations for two-tier health care.) Yeah, most of that looks good to me.

Some of the tax/tariff stuff I’m not as up on in terms of the broader implications, but they sound promising in principle. Ultimately, I find these kinds of calls for change most persuasive when each action item is accompanied by one of more examples of places that have successfully implemented the change. (Such as Nevada for prostitution, or various European nations for two-tier health care.)

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