Re: Limited Liability for Vaccine Makers

2002-11-22 Thread Asa Janney
David: As you seem interested in this issue, here's a reply I got to my vaccine question from my knowledgeable friend, Ron, who is not on this network. Your, Asa The proposal, as I understand it, is not to cap liability for actual damages

Limited Liability for Vaccine Makers

2002-11-20 Thread Asa Janney
? All the best, Asa Janney -- Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. -- Jerry Garcia

The Popularity of Nonprice Rationing

2002-08-31 Thread Asa Janney
eir lawns. No matter that the rich are paying the higher price, too – that is not perceived as so much of a sacrifice as doing without. What do you think? Asa Janney -- He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree. An

Re: children and cooperation

2002-07-12 Thread Asa Janney
Bryan: Couldn't you test your first possibility -- > 1. Adults have a much higher absolute IQ than kids (i.e., kids' IQs are > age-adjusted, adults' IQs are not), so they are smart enough to > recognize the indirect effects of their behavior. -- by checking whether adults with lower IQs ex

Re: double vs. single entry

2002-06-27 Thread Asa Janney
Bryan: > What exactly is the advantage of double-entry accounting over > single-entry accounting? Two advantages come to mind: One is the automatic error prevention of having a built-in redundancy. The other is that every economic exchange by definition involves two quantities. A merchant

Christopher Auld's paper

2002-05-17 Thread Asa Janney
t quote the percent difference in wages that they say this accounts for, but I recall that it was substantial. Yours, Asa Janney Applied Statistical Associates, Inc. Oakton, Va. -- The socialist society would have to forbid cap

Re: long-lasting cars

2002-03-28 Thread Asa Janney
. Yours, Asa Janney "Gustavo Lacerda (from work)" wrote: > > Claim: "auto manufacturers won't make cars that last long (say, 20 years of > reliable operation) because they would make less money that way". > > Your opinion? > > Is the tech