Archive for Bill Anderson
Terrorism
Mr. anderson is an economist in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Political terrorism has become a sickening yet commonplace fixture of our modern world. In the past 15 years nearly 5,000 persons have died with scores more injured from deliberate terrorist attacks aimed mostly at persons from either western or pro-western nations. We can expect to hear on [...]
1Sep1985 | Bill Anderson | 1 comment | ContinuedBook Review: An American in Leningrad by Logan Robinson
(W.W. Norton & Co., New York, New York 10010), 1982 • 320 pages • $17.50 hardback Logan Robinson, a New York City lawyer and Harvard Law School graduate, has written an enjoyable and informative book on his experiences in the Soviet Union, first as an exchange student at the Civil Law Faculty of Leningrad State [...]
1Aug1985 | Bill Anderson | 0 comments | ContinuedComparable Worth: Social Justice or Social Transfer?
Mr. anderson is an economist in Chattanooga, Tennessee. One of the best ways to cause dissension in the workplace is to let everyone know what everyone else is being paid. One employee who carries a heavier-than-average load sees another worker, whose job entails seemingly less responsibility, receive higher pay. The wage structure in that particular [...]
1Jul1985 | Bill Anderson | 1 comment | ContinuedCasualties of the War on Poverty
Mr. anderson has taught social studies in Junior high school and currently is enrolled at Clemson University in the master’s program In economics. In the mid-1960s the United States was unquestionably the world’s richest nation. Rates of unemployment and inflation were low and industrial productivity was high. A majority of Americans enjoyed a standard of [...]
1Jan1984 | Bill Anderson | 1 comment | ContinuedWhy Socialism FailsWhy Markets Survive
Mr. anderson has taught social studies In junior high school and currently is enrolled at Clemson University in the master’s program in economics. The other morning I had the opportunity to view a child’s lesson in socialism. While my six-year-old daughter and I curled up on the couch, the popular Saturday cartoon show gave to [...]
1Dec1983 | Bill Anderson | 0 comments | ContinuedBoom Bust
Mr. anderson is a teacher of social studies at Rossville, Georgia, Junior High School. He is the 1982 winner of the Olive W. Garvey essay contest on “The Virtues of the Free Economy” involving a fellowship to the general meeting of The Mont Pelerin Society. In the course of discussion about the pros and cons [...]
1Jan1983 | Bill Anderson | 1 comment | ContinuedEconomic Democracy
Mr. anderson is a teacher of social studies at Rossville, Georgia, Junior High School. He is the 1982 winner of the Olive W. Garvey essay contest on “The Virtues of the Free Economy” involving a fellowship to the general meeting of The Mont Pelerin Society. Democracy is a hallowed word in our society. Its very [...]
1Nov1982 | Bill Anderson | 1 comment | ContinuedDeficits Are Not the Only Problem
Mr. Anderson is a teacher of social studies at Rossville, Georgia, Junior High School. He is the 1982 winner of the Olive W. Garvey essay contest on “The Virtues of the Free Economy” involving a fellowship to the general meeting of The Mont Pelerin Society. Pity the poor Federal deficit. What was once hailed as [...]
1Oct1982 | Bill Anderson | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Myth of Self-Reliance
Mr. anderson is Director of Publicity st Tennessee Wesleyan College and a free-lance writer. I received a most appealing magazine in the mail the other day, a publication full of pictures of a good life that could be mine if only I would try to be more self-reliant. There were attractive log cabins with rustic, [...]
1Dec1981 | Bill Anderson | 0 comments | Continued-
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