Economic Illiteracy Is Not the Change We Need October 29, 2008Art Carden Barack Obama is campaigning for president under the slogan “Change We Need.” Unfortunately, many of his economic policy proposals […]

Cristina’s Plunder October 29, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—I recently suggested that the U.S. government’s bailout of the financial system, which includes the de facto nationalization of several banks, would arouse populists […]

Every Crisis Becomes a Carnival of Opportunism October 27, 2008Robert Higgs As the financial crisis deepens and widens, a horde of supplicants is converging on the Treasury. Each of them has […]

A Gigantic Armed Robbery October 20, 2008Robert Higgs Amid the astonishing details of the Fed’s fierce money pumping, the Treasury’s partial nationalization of the banking industry, and the madcap exchange of […]

Correct Suggestions Made on Corporate Income Taxes October 19, 2008William F. Shughart II Part 5 of 5 | 1 2 3 4 5   “Don’t tax me, don’t tax thee, tax that fellow […]

Targeting 'E-Tailers' May Not be Wise for State October 18, 2008William F. Shughart II Part 4 of 5 | 1 2 3 4 5   If the states participating in the Orwellian “Streamlined […]

Panel Just Blew Smoke on Tobacco Taxes October 17, 2008William F. Shughart II Part 3 of 5 | 1 2 3 4 5   Taxes on tobacco yielded a paltry $55.6 million for […]