The Latest Reported Bankruptcy: Mainstream Economics January 9, 2009Robert Higgs Banks, home builders, and auto manufacturers are not the only ones going belly-up these days. If we may credit Louis Uchitelle’s […]
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The Decline of Israel’s Leadership
The Decline of Israel’s Leadership January 7, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—The heart-wrenching events taking place in Gaza confirm what has been apparent since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995—the mediocrity […]
Read moreTerrible Credit Crunch of 2008—The Greatest Hoax of All Time?
Terrible Credit Crunch of 2008—The Greatest Hoax of All Time? January 6, 2009Robert Higgs Remember the credit crunch? Of course, you do. We’d never seen anything like it, or so the […]
Read morePaving Projects Won’t Boost Economy
Paving Projects Won’t Boost Economy January 6, 2009William F. Shughart II President-elect Obama has announced plans for a new stimulus package containing $500 billion to $700 billion worth of public […]
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Read moreTTGO is Now Available on Amazon Kindle
I am excited to announce that this blog, James Landrith is…Taking The Gloves Off, is now available on a subscription basis through Amazon Kindle via an agreement with Newstex. I […]
Read moreIs Israeli Policy Crazy?
Is Israeli Policy Crazy? January 2, 2009Ivan Eland The “Israeli model” has long been held up by hawks in the United States as the gold standard for dealing with adversarial nation-states, […]
Read moreMilitary Keynesianism to the Rescue?
Military Keynesianism to the Rescue? January 2, 2009Robert Higgs Writing in the Wall Street Journal on December 24, 2008, Martin Feldstein gives us an article entitled “Defense Spending Would Be Great Stimulus.” The […]
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