Tag: Economics and Financial Services

Obama’s Latin America December 17, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—Three analysts were recently invited to the U.S. State Department to share some thoughts with the diplomats who serve in the Western […]

Disgusting Political Humbug December 15, 2008Robert Higgs Turned away by the Senate, the Big Three auto makers have resorted to begging the Bush administration to rescue them from the plight in […]

India—The Other Side of Glory December 3, 2008Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—In recent years, the outside world’s idea of India has been tied almost exclusively to its glorious economic rise. The […]

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 […]

Russia’s Bare-Knuckle Policy on Oil November 23, 2008William F. Shughart II If President-elect Barack Obama and his top advisers learn nothing else from Russia’s invasion and occupation of South Ossetia […]

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, […]

Financial Market Panic Unjustified November 19, 2008Robert Higgs The conventional wisdom, as President-elect Barack Obama told 60 Minutes viewers Sunday night (Nov. 16), is that “banks aren’t lending.” But as […]

Déjà vu for California’s Budget, Terminator-Style November 17, 2008William F. Shughart II Those wearing green eyeshades in Sacramento seem to think that by taxing and spending more they can “create” […]

Obamanomics and Tax Relief for the “Middle Class” November 13, 2008William F. Shughart II Although President-elect Barack Obama’s economic policy agenda is likely to be derailed by the ongoing financial […]

Are We There Yet, Are We There Yet? Let’s Check Marx and Engels’s List November 10, 2008Robert Higgs Reading the news has been exciting lately. Hardly a day passes without the announcement […]