Offsetting Behaviour

Monday, 21 September 2009

Afternoon roundup

  • Loyal reader Simon points me to Google Video hosting of the full "Free to Choose" Milton Friedman series.


  • Kiwi house prices now only 1.4% below their peak of November 2007. Housing affordability remains a concern

  • The rather awful consequences of sex offender registration legislation coupled with expansive definitions of what counts as a sex offender. HT: Balko
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