Weekend Readings

Richard Ebeling had an interesting piece on Wednesday on the same topic as George Selgin’s post: The Financial Bubble was Created by Central Bank Policy.

Here is a bunch of new Mercatus Policy Series pieces on very interesting subjects:

• Yes, We Have No Bananas: A Critique of the ‘Food-Miles’ Perspective by Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu.
• The Invisible Green Hand by Andrew Reed and Pierre Desrochers.
• The Entrepreneur's Role in Post-Disaster Community Recovery: Implications for Post-Disaster Recovery Policy by Emily Chamlee-Wright and Virgil Storr.
• Building a Safe Port in the Storm: Private vs. Public Choices in Hurricane Mitigation by Daniel Sutter.
• Lessons from Business Improvement Districts: Building on Past Successes by Eileen Norcross, Kyle McKenzie, and Robert Nelson
• From BIDs to RIDs: Creating Residential Improvement Districts by Eileen Norcross, Kyle McKenzie, and Robert Nelson

Following their Mercatus Policy Series piece, Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu had an Op-Ed today in The National Post on the food-mile perspective.

Finally, I had an Op-Ed (in French) today in Le Figaro on President Obama.