Tag: Economics and Financial Services
Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production. – Ayn Rand
Exposure Can Kill You (or Starving for Your Friends is Bullshit)
Ian Sane / Foter.com / CC BY Scott Timberg, writing for Salon on, “Wil Wheaton is right: Stop expecting artists to work for free — or worse, for “exposure”“: […]
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DC Metro – FUBAR Again
This is the station I take home every day. I’m glad I worked late tonight… Unsuck DC Metro About 50 minutes ago, Metro said there were only “residual delays” […]
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The Debt-Limit Mess
The Debt-Limit Mess by Sheldon Richman October 26, 2011 Last summer’s debt-limit controversy, with all its predictions of apocalypse, raises a rather important question no one but libertarians seems interested in: […]
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A Superpower Needs to Emulate an Economic Superhero
A Superpower Needs to Emulate an Economic Superhero March 9, 2011 By IVAN ELAND Despite its decline in academia, Keynesian economics is still alive and well in the American mainstream and business press. […]
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Transforming America: The Bush-Obama Stimulus Programs
Transforming America: The Bush-Obama Stimulus Programs September 10, 2009Randall G. HolcombeThe Freeman George W. Bush’s and Barack Obama’s “stimulus” programs will permanently transform the American economy. The market-based system that has […]
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Monopoly in Vero Beach
Monopoly in Vero Beach September 4, 2009Dominick T. Armentano Federal and state antitrust laws generally forbid any “monopolization” of commerce. Yet, ironically, the City of Vero Beach, Florida (where I live) […]
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Misallocating Oakland’s Resources at Tourism Industry’s Expense
Misallocating Oakland’s Resources at Tourism Industry’s Expense August 25, 2009Jonathan Wyse As the city of Oakland grapples with a budget crisis born of fiscal profligacy, a cursory glance over the FY […]
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New Evidence on the Foreclosure Crisis
New Evidence on the Foreclosure Crisis July 3, 2009Stan J. LiebowitzWall Street Journal What is really behind the mushrooming rate of mortgage foreclosures since 2007? The evidence from a huge national […]
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Privatize Pools and Golf Courses?
Privatize Pools and Golf Courses? Letter to the Editor June 25, 2009Art CardenMemphis Business Journal If representatives of the City of Memphis are really looking to save money, they should start by […]
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