Articles From November 2009
Features
Health Care’s Muddled IncentivesBy Arnold Kling
On the topic of health care, what empirical observations are reliable? Unfortunately, many “facts”...
Government MotorsBy Michael Heberling
Government Motors by Michael Heberling Michael Heberling (mheber01@baker.edu) is president of the Baker...
The “I Hate the Poor” Act of 2009By Christopher Westley
So I was shaving the other day, and the man on the morning talk radio show was on a roll. Cash for Clunkers...
The Mystique of Hedge FundsBy Warren C. Gibson
Hedge funds are controversial these days. Though it’s unlikely that the average citizen or the average...
Old, Bold FutilityBy William R. Allen and William Dickneider
In economic analysis and policy formulation, profundity is not to be confused with complexity. And simple...
The Great Writ Then and NowBy Wendy McElroy
The Great Writ Then and Now by Wendy McElroy Wendy McElroy (wendy@wendymcelroy.com) is an author, the...
Stealth Expansion of Government PowerBy Murray Weidenbaum
The government of the United States spent the year debating major new undertakings, ranging from health...
Art Needs No State SubsidiesBy Bruce Edward Walker
It’s feeding time again, and artists and cultural groups are lining up at the trough. The bailout package...
Columns
Child Labor and the British Industrial RevolutionBy Lawrence W. Reed
Profound economic changes took place in Great Britain in the century after 1750. This was the age of...
Rutherford B. Hayes and the Financing of American ProsperityBy Burton W. Folsom Jr.
Rutherford B. Hayes, America’s nineteenth president (1877–1881), is generally dismissed as a minor,...
Science Fiction and Economic FictionBy Donald Boudreaux
Thomas Macaulay Boudreaux, age 12 and my only child, is a huge fan of Star Trek. Actually, even an italicized...
Rule of Law versus Legislative OrdersBy Walter E. Williams
Webster’s dictionary defines law as all the rules of conduct established and enforced by the authority,...
CompetitionBy John Stossel
Give Me a Break! Competition by John Stossel John Stossel is the hosts of Stossel on Fox Business and...
Departments
World War II Ended the Great Depression?By Richard W. Fulmer
In his 2008 book, The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008, Paul Krugman writes: “The...
Two Decades Since the FallBy Sheldon Richman
Perspective Two Decades Since the Fall On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall effectively ceased to exist....
Book Reviews
Montessori, Dewey and Capitalism: Educational Theory for a Free Market In EducationBy Terry Stoops
For years, school-choice proponents have assessed and reassessed the possibilities of expanding government...
Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet: The Life of Luther MartinBy Joseph R. Stromberg
Antifederalists get no respect. Historian Cecilia Kenyon called them “men of little faith.” Other...
How Much Money Does an Economy Need?By Lawrence H. White
In How Much Money Does an Economy Need? Hunter Lewis addresses some of the most fundamental questions...
The Left, The Right, and the StateBy George C. Leef
The Left, The Right, and The State, a collection of 103 essays by Llewellyn Rockwell, looks at the ways...
