Tagged: Economics and Financial Services

Can Environmentalists and Economists Agree? by Art Carden, Mike Hammock  Can environmentalists and economists agree? If so, on what? The answer to both questions is: “It depends.” Philosophically, environmentalism consists of a set of...

Will history repeat itself?  Will the Dems go hog wild again?  Personally, I think that Daddy Bush is going to play a major role during the next two years, providing much needed adult supervision...

A new coalition letter was issued today by the Property Rights Alliance (http://www.propertyrightsalliance.org/) regarding eminent domain abuse.  Many of the usual libertarian (and almost libertarian) suspects were participants:  Doug Bandow, Bob Barr, Michael Ostrolenk,...

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 classic work, Economics in...

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 the next “insidious” enemy:...

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 antidumping duties—is constitutional because...

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 recently on this topic...

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 and told Congress that...

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, and Government Sponsored Enterprises,...

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 childhood. They refused to...