“Is America Bankrupt?”
Posted in Document on 31 July 2011
Stats: 464 views and No Comments "Is America Bankrupt?" A a short magazine clip from 1957 about America's debt problem.
Posted in Document on 31 July 2011
Stats: 464 views and No Comments "Is America Bankrupt?" A a short magazine clip from 1957 about America's debt problem.
The Magical Delusion
Posted in From the Archives on 19 July 2011
Stats: 518 views and 4 Comments The call for government action continues to grow. More and more we hear, “We need more jobs,” “we need better highways,” “we need affordable health care,” etc. And it is the government who needs to provide these “needs.” But just who is supposed to pay for these needs? In short, ...
Posted in From the Archives on 19 July 2011
Stats: 518 views and 4 Comments The call for government action continues to grow. More and more we hear, “We need more jobs,” “we need better highways,” “we need affordable health care,” etc. And it is the government who needs to provide these “needs.” But just who is supposed to pay for these needs? In short, ...
“The Fourth Dimension” by Henry Hazlitt
Posted in Document on 17 July 2011
Stats: 365 views and 2 Comments "The Fourth Dimension" by Henry Hazlitt. November 28, 1955 Business Tides column Article about government provision of goods and services.
Posted in Document on 17 July 2011
Stats: 365 views and 2 Comments "The Fourth Dimension" by Henry Hazlitt. November 28, 1955 Business Tides column Article about government provision of goods and services.
Do We Need Another Stimulus?
Posted in Not So Fast! on 7 October 2009
Stats: 53 views and 1 Comment The New York Times editorial page has spoken: We need another “stimulus” or the economy will be moribund for the foreseeable future. On October 2 Paul Krugman declared: Yes, the Federal Reserve and the Obama administration have pulled us “back from the brink” — the title of a new paper by ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 7 October 2009
Stats: 53 views and 1 Comment The New York Times editorial page has spoken: We need another “stimulus” or the economy will be moribund for the foreseeable future. On October 2 Paul Krugman declared: Yes, the Federal Reserve and the Obama administration have pulled us “back from the brink” — the title of a new paper by ...
The Stimulus Helped the Economy? Not So Fast!
Posted in Not So Fast! on 30 September 2009
Stats: 68 views and No Comments President Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, and Paul Krugman claim the “stimulus” and other interventions have “pulled the economy from the brink.” And even that’s not enough, as Krugman notes in a recent New York Times blog post: In a rational political and policy environment, the implication of all this [the fading ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 30 September 2009
Stats: 68 views and No Comments President Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, and Paul Krugman claim the “stimulus” and other interventions have “pulled the economy from the brink.” And even that’s not enough, as Krugman notes in a recent New York Times blog post: In a rational political and policy environment, the implication of all this [the fading ...
Stimulus Funds Redirected
Posted in In brief on 24 September 2009
Stats: 20 views and No Comments "Nearly $3 million in stimulus money targeted for fighting wildfires is being spent to restore public parks and watersheds in the nation's capital, which has no national forests. "The Forest Service has directed that $2.8 million in 'Wildland Fire Management' funds, approved under the economic stimulus law, go to groups that ...
Posted in In brief on 24 September 2009
Stats: 20 views and No Comments "Nearly $3 million in stimulus money targeted for fighting wildfires is being spent to restore public parks and watersheds in the nation's capital, which has no national forests. "The Forest Service has directed that $2.8 million in 'Wildland Fire Management' funds, approved under the economic stimulus law, go to groups that ...
Hangover Follows Stimulus Spending Spree
Posted in In brief on 21 September 2009
Stats: 5 views and No Comments "After a two-week binge to meet President Obama's 200-day goal, stimulus spending has plummeted once again - and the roller-coaster pace of spending has critics worried about how the money is being spent. "Throughout the summer, the administration had averaged about $4 billion in new spending obligations per week, but went ...
Posted in In brief on 21 September 2009
Stats: 5 views and No Comments "After a two-week binge to meet President Obama's 200-day goal, stimulus spending has plummeted once again - and the roller-coaster pace of spending has critics worried about how the money is being spent. "Throughout the summer, the administration had averaged about $4 billion in new spending obligations per week, but went ...
