Twelve Questions As We Face the Crisis February 27, 2009Carlos Alberto Montaner What is going to happen with the stimulus, that injection of almost $800 billion into the economy? It’s […]
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Tag: Economics and Financial Services
Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production. – Ayn Rand
Obama and the Wrong Road
Obama and the Wrong Road February 9, 2009Carlos Alberto Montaner Last Jan. 9, President Obama declared that “there is no disagreement that we need action by our government, [for example,] […]
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The Obama Stimulus Plan Won’t Work
The Obama Stimulus Plan Won’t Work January 22, 2009Dominick T. Armentano President Barack Obama and his economic team will soon attempt to convince Congress that spending upwards of $1 trillion tax […]
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Terrible 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 […]
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Government Spending Makes Recessions Worse
Government Spending Makes Recessions Worse December 19, 2008Dominick T. Armentano The National Bureau of Economic Research has officially confirmed what everyone already knew: The U.S. economy has been in recession […]
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The Pilgrims’ Real Thanksgiving Lesson
The Pilgrims’ Real Thanksgiving Lesson November 25, 2008Benjamin Powell Feast and football. That’s what many of us think about at Thanksgiving. Most people identify the origin of the holiday with […]
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What Do the New Deal and World War II Tell Us About the Prospects for a Stimulus Package?
What Do the New Deal and World War II Tell Us About the Prospects for a Stimulus Package? November 21, 2008Price V. Fishback Everybody is talking about the stimulus package, […]
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U.S. Agricultural Programs: Who Pays?
U.S. Agricultural Programs: Who Pays? November 1, 2008Ernest C. Pasour Jr. The Economist labeled the recently enacted 2008 farm bill “A Harvest of Disgrace” (May 24, 2008). The five-year $307 […]
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Trials and Tribulations of a Hybrid System
Trials and Tribulations of a Hybrid System October 31, 2008Anthony de Jasay Over the anguished cries and resigned sighs of its victims, the financial storm that broke out in August 2007 […]
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Economic Illiteracy Is Not the Change We Need
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 […]
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