Saturday, January 31, 2009

Republican Albatross

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I'm glad the House Republicans voted unanimously against Obama's spending bill, but still, I'm slightly embarrassed to be agreei...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The More Things Change...

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It didn't take long for Obama to become a killer. Missiles fired from suspected US drones killed at least 15 people inside Pakistan tod...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Question

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If people can't be trusted with freedom, how can they be trusted with power?
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Bottom Line

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[T]here is no way for government macroeconomic policy to correct an incorrect perception of how [savings/consumption] plans have changed. T...

Against Intellectual Monoply

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I've neglected to note--and praise--the publication of Against Intellectual Monopoly , a multidisciplinary case against patents and copy...
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Boon or Doggle?

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Even if government spending in theory could “stimulate the economy” in a genuine, sustainable way, it would not follow that politicians and...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Krugman Flunks Capital Theory

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Paul Krugman is said to have beat up on George Will during this joint appearance on ABC's "This Week" back in November. But al...
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Setting the Bar Awfully Low

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The news media are saturated with paeans to the peaceful transition of presidential power that takes place today. Aside from the fact that t...

The Peaceful Transfer of Violent Power

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At the risk of raining on the parade, I suggest that the inaugural festivities are not what they appear. Barack Obama says the pomp and circ...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Meet the New Boss...

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It is clear that Barack Obama will not be making any essential changes to U.S. Middle East policy, particularly when it comes to the Israeli...
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Stimulating Consumption Won't Help the Economy

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Ask yourself: can you consume your way to prosperity? Of course not. So how can a society do so? Greater consumption is the effect not the c...
Friday, January 16, 2009

"I, Pencil" Revisited

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Leonard Read’s classic essay, "I, Pencil," which is now 50 years old, is justly celebrated as the best short introduction to the...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Government Can't Stimulate the Economy

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The money sluices are about to open wide on Capitol Hill. With a new Congress convened and a new president about to take office, we are like...
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Blowback

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From UPI, June 18, 2002 : Israel and Hamas may currently be locked in deadly combat, but, according to several current and former U.S. intel...
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Friday, January 09, 2009

The Freeman Online

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In case you haven't noticed, The Freeman now has its own website: TheFreemanOnline.org . Visit today!

Inflation as Income Distribution

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The Federal Reserve has been pumping hundreds of billions of newly created dollars into “the economy.” Much of that money has been sent to W...
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Monday, January 05, 2009

Shame on You, Paul Krugman

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We are certainly used to the fallacious Keynesian "economics" that pours forth from most of Paul Krugman's New York Times colu...
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Sunday, January 04, 2009

Thank You, Pete Boettke

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With humility and honor I acknowledge this post from Pete Boettke at the always-worth-reading Austrian Economists blog. Thank you, Pete.

Keynes the Jokester?

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I spent much of my recent vacation reading Henry Hazlitt's chapter-by-chapter demolition of Keynes's The General Theory of Employmen...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Gore in Gaza Again

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Until the Israeli government decides to treat the Palestinians as human beings with rights, the violence we see happening in Gaza will conti...
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