What is China Up to in the Western Hemisphere? by Alvaro Vargas Llosa A growing Chinese presence in Latin America is causing a stir across the hemisphere. Top Chinese officials […]
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Tag: Economics and Financial Services
Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production. – Ayn Rand
Millennium Flop
Millennium Flop by Alvaro Vargas Llosa Dozens of heads of state are gathering in New York this week for a U.N. summit that will discuss, among other things, foreign aid. […]
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Economics in One Lesson Now Online
The Foundation for Economic Education has posted a free version of Economics in One Lesson: First published in 1946, FEE is proud to offer an online edition of Henry Hazlitt's […]
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The U.S. Government Should Stop Meddling in the Oil Market
The U.S. Government Should Stop Meddling in the Oil Market by Dr. Ivan Eland U.S. national security bureaucracies, some members of Congress, and their special interest supporters are eagerly demonizing […]
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Economics More Vital than Politics for Lasting Russian Freedom
Economics More Vital than Politics for Lasting Russian Freedom by Dr. Ivan Eland Although the conviction and harsh sentencing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a Russian tycoon, for fraud, embezzlement and tax […]
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The Unconstitutionality of Protectionism
Sheldon Richman, writing for the Foundation for Economic Freedom, on The Unconstitutionality of Protectionism Even the staunchest free trader might reluctantly concede that the apparatus of protectionism—tariffs, import quotas, and […]
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More on Fannie Mae
Bob Smith has a gaggle of interesting posts on the genesis of the nation’s largest government sponsored enterprise – Fannie Mae (here, here, and here). Read and heed. I posted […]
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More GSE Troubles
Reuters on Fannie Mae defends accounting to Congress – CEO Raines says regulators misinterpreted rules: Fannie Mae’s chief executive and another top official on Wednesday defended the mortgage giant’s accounting […]
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Baker Scrutinizes Sales of Financial Products on Military Bases
FYI House Committee on Financial Services Michael G. Oxley, Chairman Website: http://financialservices.house.gov/ Baker Scrutinizes Sales of Financial Products on Military Bases The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, […]
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We Just Can’t…
ndy Stedman of No Treason on I’m Copyright: My wife just tried to get Wal-Mart to make copies of this (mildly embarassing) picture of me, and several others from my […]
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