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Sheldon Richman is the editor of The Freeman and "In brief." He is a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.Articles »
130th Anniversary of Ludwig von Mises’s Birth
Posted in News on 29 September 2011
Stats: 163 views and No Comments September 29 is the 130th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig von Mises, the great Austrian economist, champion of individual liberty, and long-time friend of FEE. Click headline for links.
Posted in News on 29 September 2011
Stats: 163 views and No Comments September 29 is the 130th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig von Mises, the great Austrian economist, champion of individual liberty, and long-time friend of FEE. Click headline for links.
Rand Paul and the Civil Rights Act: Was He Right?
Posted in Articles, News on 26 May 2010
Stats: 56 views and No Comments Sheldon Richman, writing in the Christian Science Monitor, discusses the recent controversy over Rand Paul’s statements about the civil rights. Richman is editor of The Freeman
Posted in Articles, News on 26 May 2010
Stats: 56 views and No Comments Sheldon Richman, writing in the Christian Science Monitor, discusses the recent controversy over Rand Paul’s statements about the civil rights. Richman is editor of The Freeman
The Power to Tax is the Power
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 27 November 2009
Stats: 43 views and No Comments It would be nice if we could count on the court, at the very least, to forbid Congress from achieving a goal by means that violate freedom if means are available that do not. But let’s hold our breath.
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 27 November 2009
Stats: 43 views and No Comments It would be nice if we could count on the court, at the very least, to forbid Congress from achieving a goal by means that violate freedom if means are available that do not. But let’s hold our breath.
Let’s Ignore Congress
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 6 November 2009
Stats: 7 views and No Comments I spent a good part of Wednesday night closely skimming — my conscience won’t let me type “reading” — the Republicans’ alternative healthcare “reform” bill. It’s 219 pages of legalese. I know it’s one-tenth the size of Speaker Pelosi’s bill, but that doesn’t make for easier navigation. Figuring out how it all would work is [...]
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 6 November 2009
Stats: 7 views and No Comments I spent a good part of Wednesday night closely skimming — my conscience won’t let me type “reading” — the Republicans’ alternative healthcare “reform” bill. It’s 219 pages of legalese. I know it’s one-tenth the size of Speaker Pelosi’s bill, but that doesn’t make for easier navigation. Figuring out how it all would work is [...]
The Welfare State Corrupts Absolutely
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 30 October 2009
Stats: 16 views and No Comments Let’s begin at the beginning. Medical care is not a free good found in nature. Of course, no one really thinks it is. But that doesn’t keep most people from wanting to pretend otherwise. After a while, one can forget one is pretending. Yet medical care goes on being a collection of <i>produced</i> goods and [...]
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 30 October 2009
Stats: 16 views and No Comments Let’s begin at the beginning. Medical care is not a free good found in nature. Of course, no one really thinks it is. But that doesn’t keep most people from wanting to pretend otherwise. After a while, one can forget one is pretending. Yet medical care goes on being a collection of <i>produced</i> goods and [...]
Getting in Deeper
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 23 October 2009
Stats: 5 views and No Comments In what the Wall Street Journal calls "a watershed moment for government intervention in the private sector," the Federal Reserve announced yesterday it will regulate executive compensation at all banks so that they will not have incentives to take on too much risk. The term "pretence of knowledge" comes to mind.
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 23 October 2009
Stats: 5 views and No Comments In what the Wall Street Journal calls "a watershed moment for government intervention in the private sector," the Federal Reserve announced yesterday it will regulate executive compensation at all banks so that they will not have incentives to take on too much risk. The term "pretence of knowledge" comes to mind.
Obama Orders Executive Pay Cuts at Bailed-Out Banks
Posted in In brief on 22 October 2009
Stats: 40 views and No Comments “The Obama administration slammed Wall Street by ordering pay cuts of an average of 50 percent and caps on benefits for top executives at companies owing the government billions of dollars from taxpayer-funded bailouts.” (Bloomberg, Thursday) We should want the people mad enough to demand no more bailouts. FEE Timely Classic “Bailing Out Statism” by [...]
Posted in In brief on 22 October 2009
Stats: 40 views and No Comments “The Obama administration slammed Wall Street by ordering pay cuts of an average of 50 percent and caps on benefits for top executives at companies owing the government billions of dollars from taxpayer-funded bailouts.” (Bloomberg, Thursday) We should want the people mad enough to demand no more bailouts. FEE Timely Classic “Bailing Out Statism” by [...]
Senate Stops Rise in Medicare Reimbursements
Posted in In brief on 22 October 2009
Stats: 22 views and No Comments “With budget anxieties pervading the congressional healthcare debate, the Senate on Wednesday sidetracked popular legislation that would have increased Medicare payments to doctors by nearly $250 billion over the next decade.” (Los Angeles Times, Thursday) Why does government set prices? FEE Timely Classic “Rights Versus Entitlements” by Steven Yates
Posted in In brief on 22 October 2009
Stats: 22 views and No Comments “With budget anxieties pervading the congressional healthcare debate, the Senate on Wednesday sidetracked popular legislation that would have increased Medicare payments to doctors by nearly $250 billion over the next decade.” (Los Angeles Times, Thursday) Why does government set prices? FEE Timely Classic “Rights Versus Entitlements” by Steven Yates
Environmentalists Fight among Selves over Wind Power
Posted in In brief on 22 October 2009
Stats: 34 views and No Comments “Workers atop mountain ridges are putting together 389-foot windmills with massive blades that will turn Appalachian breezes into energy. Retiree David Cowan is fighting to stop them. Because of the bats. Cowan, 72, a longtime caving fanatic who grew to love bats as he slithered through tunnels from Maine to Maui, is asking a federal [...]
Posted in In brief on 22 October 2009
Stats: 34 views and No Comments “Workers atop mountain ridges are putting together 389-foot windmills with massive blades that will turn Appalachian breezes into energy. Retiree David Cowan is fighting to stop them. Because of the bats. Cowan, 72, a longtime caving fanatic who grew to love bats as he slithered through tunnels from Maine to Maui, is asking a federal [...]
Bailout Overseer Warns of Surprise Price Tag
Posted in In brief on 21 October 2009
Stats: 26 views and No Comments “The $700 billion bailout will ultimately cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but the government stands to lose much more than the money it’s pouring into companies. Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for Treasury’s financial sector rescue, wrote in a report released Wednesday that the bailout has several hidden costs.” (CNN Money, Wednesday) Anyone see that [...]
Posted in In brief on 21 October 2009
Stats: 26 views and No Comments “The $700 billion bailout will ultimately cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but the government stands to lose much more than the money it’s pouring into companies. Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for Treasury’s financial sector rescue, wrote in a report released Wednesday that the bailout has several hidden costs.” (CNN Money, Wednesday) Anyone see that [...]
