Links

• Don Boudreaux points out that the government is now literally paying for bread and circuses.

• Econbrowser examines the flawed economic thinking behind the cash for clunkers program.

• The U.K.'s National Health Service is apparently cutting back on painkilling injections in order to save £33 million.

• The Obama Administration is now refusing to rule out a middle class tax increase.

• The New York Times has an article on foreign investment in Africa.