Wonderful:

President Nicolas Sarkozy has raised the stakes ahead of the London G20 summit, warning France will not accept any agreement that ignores his calls for tighter financial regulation.Since the onset of the financial crisis in August last year, Sarkozy has insisted that capitalism must be “refounded” under a strict new international framework of accountancy standards and limits on speculation.

This week, amid fears the London summit will be split over how to deal with the crisis, he has stepped up the pressure, warning that he would rather air the issues through a public dispute than accept a vague consensus.

“The risk is not of a failure, but of a false success — a deal on phrases that sound good, but commit us to nothing. That’s the real risk,” a French presidential source told reporters on Monday.| MORE ›

Tarran, writing over at The Liberty Papers, has written a great article about free market handling of the healthcare field.  In it, he states a case for applying free market principles to the field versus what is seen with state regulation of medicine.  I agree with parts of it, and have some nitpicks with other parts, all of which I’ll get to later today.  For now, read it and form your own opinions.| MORE ›