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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President Plans Another (Misguided) Stimulus Rush
President Plans Another (Misguided) Stimulus Rush December 21, 2009William F. Shughart IISan Francisco Examiner Fresh from his recent White House-sponsored jobs summit, President Barack Obama is pushing a new economic stimulus […]
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Ceuta’s Scream
Ceuta's Scream December 9, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa CEUTA, Spain—On the surface, this Spanish enclave on the North African end of the Strait of Gibraltar has integrated Muslims and Christians within a […]
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Taking the Wind Out of Energy
Taking the Wind Out of Energy December 2, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa ALGECIRAS, Spain—When driving through Don Quixote country in Spain’s Castille-La Mancha region, you are dazzled by the spectacle of wind […]
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Pay for the War, or Just Call It Off?
Pay for the War, or Just Call It Off? December 2, 2009Ivan Eland Congressman David Obey (D-Wis.), the powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and an opponent of President Barack […]
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Brazilian Hubris
Brazilian Hubris November 25, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—The Economist magazine warned Brazilians last week against too much “hubris,” reminding them that they have a long way to go in becoming a major […]
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