人生勝利組？加拿大新總理能否超越父親的路？

台灣的媒體在乎的，是人生勝利組的標籤：政治世家，前總理Pierre Trudeau的大兒子，年輕(43歲)，有媒體界出身的漂亮太太，三個可愛的小朋友，選舉的"勝利"。

勝利，背後在於他的努力與政策形成過程。而很少人注意的是，一項他父親執政時的對抗貧窮計畫，有機會重新試驗。

看不見的成本(2) : 兩種解決監獄問題的方式

政府沒有錢，就會想辦法省錢。把公共服務外包給民營公司來做是一個選項。

民營化解決了問題了嗎？還是只是把問題掃到看不見的角落？或是，有不同方式的"民營化"？

資本主義為你服務(9-2)：民主就像菜市場？

蔡委員這段談話，非常有意思。用"市場"這樣的角度來看，我們有探討/衡量民主價值的空間嗎？

在台灣爆發學生運動的同時，現任哈佛甘迺迪政府學院教授的Ricardo Hausmann在Project Syndicate上寫了這篇文章，從一個市場經濟的角度來探討，為什麼富裕國家們是民主的? 

資本主義為你服務(9-1): 聯邦政府關門: 那些政府機制是需要的, 那些是不需要的?

政府(存在)的重要工作並不是去做個體已經正在從事的活動, 而是做些現下根本沒有被做到的事(凱因斯, 1926)

"The important thing for government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a bit better or a bit worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all."

   John Maynard Keynes The End of Laissez-Faire(1926)

聯邦政府關門，SEC監理機制不關門

Capitalism works for you(6-2): 市場經濟如何支援社會中較不幸的人們?

Please meet Ronald Davis 
An interview with a Homeless, Ronald Davis

「我現拿鋤頭時，挑擔時，常思考這些問題，台灣社會上弱者在哪裡？他們被變成弱者是什麼原因？是什麼人造成？是什麼事情演變？…我自訂一個方向，跌倒成為弱者的人，我站立那個地方扶起他。」 / 詹益樺(1957-1989)信函

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”--George Orwell, "Animal Farm",

Capitalism works for you(6-1): Says who we need government to take care of the less fortunate?

Bloomberg: Millionaires got $80million in jobless aid in recession(Apr. 5, 2013) 
Taiwan News: 'Suspended coffee' tradition inspires noodle vendor in Taiwan
(Apr. 12, 2013)

These two pieces of news shows one issue from two perspectives: One Issue: The less fortunate should be taken care of. Two perspectives: Government or private sectorGovernment could take care of the less fortunate? 

Capitalism works for you(3)?: We could also have "public service" market

Newark’s Booker Lures Wall Street Millions to City Few Have Seen Bloomberg(Oct 3, 2012)
This is a case that Capitalism/Market economy indeed helps people to improve their conditions.

When people talk of Capitalism and criticize about it, they usually cite how "unjust" of these phenomenons: millions bonus, luxurious mansion,  super cars and excessive spending on meals and clothing.  However, that is only "the surface" of how a group of people exhibit their fortune. These, frnakly speaking, has little to do with Capitalism. Along the course of history, any of the "have-it-all" class would do the same.

Yet, capitalism is about competition, about marketplace, and about how marketplace could be an efficient mechanism to allocate resources. This news also tell us that, capitalism can also be applied in political occassions and do "good" to the public.