The manipulative boom and bust cycle
Sunday, September 16th, 2007 Posted in General | 1 Comment »I believe that asset bubbles are the 21st century phenomenon of hiding the true cost of our inflationary monetary system and deceiving the working public. In the past, we used to have a boom/bust cycle, where years of growth would precede ...
LVT Philosophy Part II
Sunday, September 16th, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »I ended the last post with the idea that society should be able to capture the scarcity value of land This has many economic benefits. Taxing this value is non-distortionary. Taxing land does not reduce the supply of land. ...
LVT Philosophy
Sunday, September 9th, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »In the previous post I mentioned one of the benefits of a land value tax and alluded to more. I will begin with an overview of why it makes sense to me. Land falls into a special class of assets. ...
Stopping the housing boom/bust cycle
Sunday, September 9th, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »For the past two years I have been watching the housing bubble. Upon graduating and starting work, the question about buying a place or "throwing your money away" renting came up. I surveyed prices in Silicon Valley, and ...
Something new?
Sunday, September 9th, 2007 Posted in General | No Comments »So, it turns out that I didn't have any time to write about law school. What was I thinking? I'm going to try something new. Watch this space.
Quotation punctuation
Thursday, August 10th, 2006 Posted in General | 2 Comments »In determining the punctuation for the last post, I remembered the debate about where punctuation should go near quotations. The traditional American rule is that punctuation goes inside the quote even when not included in the quotation. For ...
Forms and deadlines
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006 Posted in General | No Comments »I mailed my Personal Health History and Immunization Record forms today. Both were due by July 31st, but no ill will come of my late delivery, as I confirmed by phone. I also confirmed that I successfully waived ...
Introductions
Sunday, July 30th, 2006 Posted in General | 1 Comment »Hi. I am a software engineer and a Dean's Fellow at Santa Clara University Law School. Classes start in three weeks, and I'm getting ready to start my first year of night school.