Maybe the World Needs a Little Market Fundamentalism
Posted in Cliches of Socialism, From the Archives on 1 April 2011
Stats: 329 views and 6 Comments Free market economists have expressed for years their concern about the ever-increasing role of the state over the economy. Despite these warnings, market regulations and restrictions have continued to grow at an alarming rate. In good times critics embrace the role of the state and proclaim, “we never had it ...
Posted in Cliches of Socialism, From the Archives on 1 April 2011
Stats: 329 views and 6 Comments Free market economists have expressed for years their concern about the ever-increasing role of the state over the economy. Despite these warnings, market regulations and restrictions have continued to grow at an alarming rate. In good times critics embrace the role of the state and proclaim, “we never had it ...
FDR’s Depression Policies: Good Deal or Raw Deal?
Posted in Audio, Media, Video on 29 July 2010
Stats: 2,292 views and 15 Comments On July 9, 2010 at the FreedomFest Conference in Las Vegas (www.freedomfest.com), FEE president Lawrence W. Reed debated University of Nevada-Las Vegas economist Bernard Malamud on the subject of the New Deal policies of Franklin Roosevelt. This is a video recording of that 50-minute debate.
Posted in Audio, Media, Video on 29 July 2010
Stats: 2,292 views and 15 Comments On July 9, 2010 at the FreedomFest Conference in Las Vegas (www.freedomfest.com), FEE president Lawrence W. Reed debated University of Nevada-Las Vegas economist Bernard Malamud on the subject of the New Deal policies of Franklin Roosevelt. This is a video recording of that 50-minute debate.
Regulation and Intervention
Posted in Audio, Media on 13 July 2010
Stats: 189 views and No Comments Professor Ivan Pongracic spoke to students attending Freedom University I in Atlanta, GA on June 1, 2010.
Posted in Audio, Media on 13 July 2010
Stats: 189 views and No Comments Professor Ivan Pongracic spoke to students attending Freedom University I in Atlanta, GA on June 1, 2010.
Monopoly and Anti-trust
Posted in Audio, Media on 12 July 2010
Stats: 201 views and No Comments Ivan Pongracic spoke to students attending Freedom University I on June 3, 2010.
Posted in Audio, Media on 12 July 2010
Stats: 201 views and No Comments Ivan Pongracic spoke to students attending Freedom University I on June 3, 2010.
SEC to Step Up Fraud Prevention Efforts
Posted in In brief on 6 July 2009
Stats: 94 views and No Comments "The Securities and Exchange Commission lost credibility when it emerged that a tipster had been trying to blow the whistle on Madoff for years but had been brushed off repeatedly. Since Madoff's case came to light, the agency has announced a series of changes it hopes will improve enforcement, making ...
Posted in In brief on 6 July 2009
Stats: 94 views and No Comments "The Securities and Exchange Commission lost credibility when it emerged that a tipster had been trying to blow the whistle on Madoff for years but had been brushed off repeatedly. Since Madoff's case came to light, the agency has announced a series of changes it hopes will improve enforcement, making ...
The Myth of Unregulated Tobacco
Posted in Articles on 22 June 2009
Stats: 356 views and 7 Comments On Monday, June 22, with apparent satisfaction, President Obama signed the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), a law that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco products. The law requires the FDA to develop a new tobacco-regulation center with all related ...
Posted in Articles on 22 June 2009
Stats: 356 views and 7 Comments On Monday, June 22, with apparent satisfaction, President Obama signed the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), a law that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco products. The law requires the FDA to develop a new tobacco-regulation center with all related ...
Regulation Red Herring
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 5 June 2009
Stats: 2,239 views and 26 Comments Most people believe that government must regulate the marketplace. The only alternative to a regulated market, the thinking goes, is an unregulated market. On first glance that makes sense. It’s the law of excluded middle. A market is either regulated or it's not. Cashing in on the common notion that anything ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 5 June 2009
Stats: 2,239 views and 26 Comments Most people believe that government must regulate the marketplace. The only alternative to a regulated market, the thinking goes, is an unregulated market. On first glance that makes sense. It’s the law of excluded middle. A market is either regulated or it's not. Cashing in on the common notion that anything ...
