Kirzner on The History of Austrian Economics, Part 1
Posted in Audio, Media, Video on 9 February 2010
Stats: 746 views and No Comments This is the first in a two-part lecture on the History of Austrian Economics. If anyone knows the approximate date of this seminar, please leave it in the comments or contact FEE.
Posted in Audio, Media, Video on 9 February 2010
Stats: 746 views and No Comments This is the first in a two-part lecture on the History of Austrian Economics. If anyone knows the approximate date of this seminar, please leave it in the comments or contact FEE.
Lenin Was Right
Posted in Document on 29 January 2010
Stats: 726 views and 2 Comments In this essay Henry Hazlitt wanted to show the hidden costs of monetary interventions into the market system and how they are particularly destructive.
Posted in Document on 29 January 2010
Stats: 726 views and 2 Comments In this essay Henry Hazlitt wanted to show the hidden costs of monetary interventions into the market system and how they are particularly destructive.
Great Myths of the Great Depression
Posted in Articles, Books, Featured, Library on 4 September 2009
Stats: 49,035 views and 1 Comment Introduction Many volumes have been written about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 and its impact on the lives of millions of Americans. Historians, economists and politicians have all combed the wreckage searching for the “black box” that will reveal the cause of the calamity. Sadly, all too many of them decide ...
Posted in Articles, Books, Featured, Library on 4 September 2009
Stats: 49,035 views and 1 Comment Introduction Many volumes have been written about the Great Depression of 1929-1941 and its impact on the lives of millions of Americans. Historians, economists and politicians have all combed the wreckage searching for the “black box” that will reveal the cause of the calamity. Sadly, all too many of them decide ...
Proposers versus Producers
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 28 August 2009
Stats: 119 views and 18 Comments Why do people who really make us better off get nowhere near the attention when they die that prominent national politicians get? "Prominent national politicians" isn't quite what I mean. "Prominent politicians who favored government power over liberty" is more on target. The media spotlight on the late Sen. Edward Kennedy ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 28 August 2009
Stats: 119 views and 18 Comments Why do people who really make us better off get nowhere near the attention when they die that prominent national politicians get? "Prominent national politicians" isn't quite what I mean. "Prominent politicians who favored government power over liberty" is more on target. The media spotlight on the late Sen. Edward Kennedy ...
Are Medical Markets an Inherent Failure?
Posted in Not So Fast! on 5 August 2009
Stats: 226 views and 6 Comments Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman recently made an extraordinary statement regarding the application of markets to medical care. Writing in his July 31 column, Krugman stated: Right-wing opponents of reform would have you believe that President Obama is a wild-eyed socialist, attacking the free market. But unregulated markets don’t work for ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 5 August 2009
Stats: 226 views and 6 Comments Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman recently made an extraordinary statement regarding the application of markets to medical care. Writing in his July 31 column, Krugman stated: Right-wing opponents of reform would have you believe that President Obama is a wild-eyed socialist, attacking the free market. But unregulated markets don’t work for ...
U.S. to Tax Overseas Profits
Posted in In brief on 4 May 2009
Stats: 73 views and No Comments "President Barack Obama on Monday will propose changing provisions in the tax code that he says encourage U.S. companies to move jobs overseas, as part of a broader package aimed at saving $210 billion over 10 years.... Currently, U.S. firms are allowed to defer paying taxes on profits earned overseas ...
Posted in In brief on 4 May 2009
Stats: 73 views and No Comments "President Barack Obama on Monday will propose changing provisions in the tax code that he says encourage U.S. companies to move jobs overseas, as part of a broader package aimed at saving $210 billion over 10 years.... Currently, U.S. firms are allowed to defer paying taxes on profits earned overseas ...
The Madness of Mankiw
Posted in Not So Fast! on 22 April 2009
Stats: 1,713 views and 2 Comments Recessions not only expose the weaknesses of a boom-and-bust economy, but they also expose the weaknesses of economists, and especially “elite” and Federal Reserve System economists. For example, Martin Feldstein of Harvard, President Reagan’s chief economic adviser, has called for the reflating of the housing bubble. We are aware of Paul ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 22 April 2009
Stats: 1,713 views and 2 Comments Recessions not only expose the weaknesses of a boom-and-bust economy, but they also expose the weaknesses of economists, and especially “elite” and Federal Reserve System economists. For example, Martin Feldstein of Harvard, President Reagan’s chief economic adviser, has called for the reflating of the housing bubble. We are aware of Paul ...
FEE Seminar at Colorado Christian University
Posted in Admin, Articles on 20 April 2009
Stats: 19 views and No Comments The Foundation for Economic Education is pleased to be hosting a seminar event at Colorado Christian University. This weekend seminar (May 15-16, 2009) is booked with dynamic and experienced speakers in the field of economics. Students will learn about free markets, and will hear lectures on topics ranging from the ...
Posted in Admin, Articles on 20 April 2009
Stats: 19 views and No Comments The Foundation for Economic Education is pleased to be hosting a seminar event at Colorado Christian University. This weekend seminar (May 15-16, 2009) is booked with dynamic and experienced speakers in the field of economics. Students will learn about free markets, and will hear lectures on topics ranging from the ...
Banking Activity Picks Up
Posted in In brief on 17 April 2009
Stats: 37 views and 1 Comment "Banks are enjoying a fresh wave of profits from the government’s efforts to nurse the industry back to life. Ultralow interest rates have led flocks of consumers to seek deals on mortgage loans. Investment banking and trading activities are enjoying a bounce from the billions of dollars spent to thaw ...
Posted in In brief on 17 April 2009
Stats: 37 views and 1 Comment "Banks are enjoying a fresh wave of profits from the government’s efforts to nurse the industry back to life. Ultralow interest rates have led flocks of consumers to seek deals on mortgage loans. Investment banking and trading activities are enjoying a bounce from the billions of dollars spent to thaw ...
Should We Bring Back the Economic Cartels?
Posted in Articles, Not So Fast! on 15 April 2009
Stats: 407 views and No Comments One constant theme of Paul Krugman’s columns in the New York Times is that the economy needs more regulation, and especially financial markets. The story he tells is this: After the Great Depression, regulated markets from banking to transportation to telecommunications worked wonderfully, but conservative ideologues convinced the government ...
Posted in Articles, Not So Fast! on 15 April 2009
Stats: 407 views and No Comments One constant theme of Paul Krugman’s columns in the New York Times is that the economy needs more regulation, and especially financial markets. The story he tells is this: After the Great Depression, regulated markets from banking to transportation to telecommunications worked wonderfully, but conservative ideologues convinced the government ...
