Category Archives: Public Policy

The 777 Point Collapse

The House defeated the $700 billion bailout plan today and the Dow Jones responded by dropping 777 points–777.68 to be exact. This was the largest single day drop ever. Analyst and politicians may start blaming the people for being non-supportive of this bill but, the market had to fall. It was up or held steady because of speculation that a bailout was coming and due to the naked short selling bans. The market is now merely doing what it is supposed to do: find equilibrium.

Red-Light Camera Fallacy

It is no surprise that red-light cameras don’t work. When does any government policy do what it was intend to do? I had heard about and seen these red-light cameras long ago but, it appears to be sprouting up in more and more cities lately. In fact, I came face to face with one just recently.