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Okay, the headline is pure sensationalism and the anti-EU slant is blatant since this is an article from the Murdoch-owned The Times, but even after filtering out the propaganda, I think it’s still a pretty dire example of EU socialism. It’s a scheme to subsidize holiday travel for under-privileged citizens of the EU. From the [...]

A couple of examples of dodgy economics thinking in the effort of protect jobs via Marginal Revolution: In Allentown, Pennsylvania in the US, the local Service Employees International Union (SEIU) made complaining noises about the free work done by a teenager in pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge. The teen, Kevin Anderson, worked for over [...]

By way of Jed Yoong’s blog, I’ve learned of the Bicycle Campaign by Jerit, short for the Malay name of the group, Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas. The campaign which starts today involves cyclists setting out from both Kedah and Johor towards Kuala Lumpur. They plan to stop at every town and city along the way to [...]

Check out this story about a family in the United Kingdom with three generations of people who do not work, live in a government-owned house and live only on government benefits. Apparently, between the lot of them they manage to collect benefits worth 32,000 pounds a year, which is a very tidy sum by Malaysian [...]