I spent last fall in Guatemala, so I was surprised to discover that Guatemala has about the lowest per-capita alcohol consumption of any predominantly Christian nation. Latin America actually drinks less than the rest of Western Civilization and outside of…
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Drinking culture in Central America is the opposite of what you see in the US on Cinco de Mayo
Posted in Globalization & International, Health
Many whites are uneasy about becoming a minority in America. It isn’t happening. They should relax.
The media tends to use the narrowest racial definitions in order to stoke anxiety because that brings readers, but those definitions are arbitrary and more inclusive racial definitions are more accurate because the biggest growth is the rise in interracial…
Posted in Discrimination, Labor
Would universal health care boost growth in developing nations?
The Economist Magazine argues that the entire world should adopt universal health care because universal health care is both desirable and possible, even in low-income countries. Some countries achieved near-universal coverage when they were still relatively poor. Japan reached 80%…
Posted in Development, Health
House prices are crazy overvalued in Canada too
Canada is experiencing the hydrogen zeppelin of all real estate bubbles. It makes the 2008 US housing crisis look like a birthday balloon by comparison.
Now is the best time for Americans to list a house for sale
According to data from the National Association of Realtors, US housing prices are higher now than they have been in six years and more of them are selling at the asking price or above. Furthermore, early summer is the best…
Posted in Macro
House prices are a bit high in the US and crazy overvalued in New Zealand
New Zealand is experiencing the hydrogen zeppelin of all real estate bubbles. It makes the 2008 US housing crisis look like a birthday balloon by comparison.
How to eliminate most of the inefficiency of doing taxes
Americans waste way too much time and money preparing their taxes. There is a much more efficient information-age technology that other nations use which eliminate the entire burden for most citizens. If I’m not itemizing deductions (like 70 percent of taxpayers),…
Posted in Public Finance
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