Articles in the The Freeman Category
US Agricultural Programs: Who Pays?
Posted in Latest, The Freeman on 1 December 2008
Stats: 34 views and No Comments E.C. Pasour, Jr. is professor emeritus of agricultural and resource economics at North Carolina State University. He is coauthor with Randal R. Rucker of Plowshares and Pork Barrels: The Political Economy of Agriculture (Independent Institute, 2005). The Economist labeled the recently enacted 2008 farm bill “A Harvest of Disgrace” (May 24, ...
Posted in Latest, The Freeman on 1 December 2008
Stats: 34 views and No Comments E.C. Pasour, Jr. is professor emeritus of agricultural and resource economics at North Carolina State University. He is coauthor with Randal R. Rucker of Plowshares and Pork Barrels: The Political Economy of Agriculture (Independent Institute, 2005). The Economist labeled the recently enacted 2008 farm bill “A Harvest of Disgrace” (May 24, ...
Gas Prices: The Latest Excuse to Reengineer Society
Posted in Latest, The Freeman on 1 December 2008
Stats: 17 views and No Comments Steven Greenhut is a columnist for The Orange County Register in Santa Ana, California. As someone who commutes 16 miles each way to work in a gas-guzzling sports car along the LA-area freeways, I’ve been less-than-amused by the nearly $5 a gallon I must pay for the premium fuel that keeps ...
Posted in Latest, The Freeman on 1 December 2008
Stats: 17 views and No Comments Steven Greenhut is a columnist for The Orange County Register in Santa Ana, California. As someone who commutes 16 miles each way to work in a gas-guzzling sports car along the LA-area freeways, I’ve been less-than-amused by the nearly $5 a gallon I must pay for the premium fuel that keeps ...
Government Education is Broken? It Just Ain’t So!
Posted in Latest, The Freeman on 1 December 2008
Stats: 15 views and No Comments New York Times op-ed columnist Bob Herbert is rightfully worried about American education. He’s bothered that no one else seems worried. In his article “Clueless in America” (April 22), Herbert notes a lack of concern in coverage of the presidential campaign. He says, “[Education] is much too serious a topic ...
Posted in Latest, The Freeman on 1 December 2008
Stats: 15 views and No Comments New York Times op-ed columnist Bob Herbert is rightfully worried about American education. He’s bothered that no one else seems worried. In his article “Clueless in America” (April 22), Herbert notes a lack of concern in coverage of the presidential campaign. He says, “[Education] is much too serious a topic ...
