Wednesday links: Rule of law and the zoning code

Nathaniel Ward — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:42:41 +0000

Photo: Flickr/lynx81

The District of Columbia government has sometimes been commendably lenient in enforcing its arbitrary zoning restrictions. Except sometimes it decides to enforce the regulations for political reasons.
Mailer Mailer debunks seven common myths about e-mail marketing. They point out, for instance, that sending lots of messages doesn’t necessarily lead to more unsubscribes.
Reach Mail, meanwhile, offers advice on the best time of day to send marketing e-mails.
Phew: demand continues strong for workers with MBAs. (Not so much for JDs, though.)
Last but not least, Amazon.com is now selling more Kindle books than physical books.

What I’m Reading — January 12th

Nathaniel Ward — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:12:54 +0000

Did Deregulation Really Cause the Crash? Russ Roberts: “If you lift the speed limit from 65 miles per hour to 200 miles per hour and someone crashes going 195, it would be strange to blame the crash on the change in the speed limit. The question remains as to why someone would be so reckless.”
Teaching Business School Students to Think Creatively.
The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Simplify Taxes. “For the Obama Administration, the new regulation is a way to try to increase tax revenues without Congress having to pass a law…Here’s a better idea: If Washington doesn’t like taxpayers working the system of legal deductions to reduce their tax burden, it can always simplify the code and flatten the rates.”