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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Self-Defeating Human Rights Policies (2): Child Soldiers
In this older post I gave a few examples of human rights policies that don’t work out the way we want them to. Almost any significant action has unintended consequences, and in some cases these consequences can turn out to … Continue reading
Political Graffiti (91): Overlegislation
This quote from Tacitus means: “The greater the degeneration of the republic, the more of its laws”, or, alternatively: “The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws”. I have a post here detailing the reasons why this is … Continue reading
Posted in freedom, law, political graffiti
Tagged big state, law, legislation, libertarianism, overlegislation, political graffiti, politics, tacitus
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Measuring Poverty (6b): Poverty in Africa
I recently mentioned a new paper by Sala-i-Martin and Pinkovskiy about poverty in Africa, arguing that the situation is much better than we tend to believe. Martin Ravallion – probably the world’s most prominent poverty expert – has now reacted. … Continue reading
Posted in economics, measuring poverty, poverty, statistics
Tagged africa, poverty in africa, poverty statistics
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Migration and Human Rights (27): The Economic Benefits of Immigration
The prevailing thought in most Western countries is that immigration is a bad thing, and it’s a thought shared by both governments and public opinion (see also here). Western countries, it is believed, can only accommodate a limited number of … Continue reading
Posted in citizenship, economics, education, globalization, law, poverty, work
Tagged anti-immigration, asylum seekers, border, comprehensive immigration reform, demographic aggression, economic migrants, eurabia, illegal immigration, immigration, immigration restrictions, open borders, skills, wages
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The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (34): Schools Censors Sexually Graphic Dictionary
(source) After a parent complained about an elementary school student stumbling across “oral sex” in a classroom dictionary, Menifee Union School District officials decided to pull Merriam Webster’s 10th edition from all school shelves earlier this week. School officials will … Continue reading
Measuring Poverty (6): The Poverty Line in the U.S.
The poverty rate or poverty line in the U.S. is based on a system pioneered by Mollie Orshansky in 1963. In the 1960s, the average US family spend one third of its income on food. The poverty line was calculated … Continue reading
Asylum Seekers, A Collection of Images
More here on political asylum and why this is a human rights issue. More on asylum in general is here. Some statistics are here. Other collections of human rights images are here. (source) (source) (source, more on Dungavel here)
Migration and Human Rights (26): The “Criminal Immigrant” Stereotype, Ctd.
Contrary to right-wing rhetoric and popular belief (examples here and here), there isn’t much of a correlation between Latino immigration in the U.S. and crime rates. That’s something I discussed before, but I want to revisit the subject because there’s … Continue reading
