Affordable Housing Laws Make Housing Less Affordable May 30, 2008Edward P. Stringham, Tom MeansSan Francisco Business Times What if our affordable housing laws actually increased the cost of housing by […]
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Tag: Economics and Financial Services
Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production. – Ayn Rand
Will the Real Eminent Domain Reform Please Stand Up
Will the Real Eminent Domain Reform Please Stand Up May 29, 2008Edward J. Lopez Next week, California voters have the opportunity to reform the state’s eminent domain laws, which provide […]
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A Market Adjustment is Coming—Oil Prices Are About to Fall
A Market Adjustment is Coming—Oil Prices Are About to Fall May 28, 2008Dominick T. ArmentanoPress Journal (Vero Beach, FL) Bold economic predictions are dangerous, and I’ve been wrong before, but […]
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The Schizophrenia of U.S. Farm Policy
The Schizophrenia of U.S. Farm Policy by Ernest C. Pasour Jr., Randal R. Rucker The price of the new farm bill, final details of which are being hammered out by […]
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Can Environmentalists and Economists Agree?
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 […]
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Spending Spree or Fiscal Restraint?
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 […]
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Eminent Domain Coalition Calls For Senate Action
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, […]
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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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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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