Archive for Jerry Ellig
Energy: Ending the Never-Ending Crisis
Jerry Ellig is a professor of economics at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. This highly readable book undermines both the economic and constitutional rationales for federal regulation of energy markets. The truly amazing thing is the sheer amount of information the author packs into 125 pages. The economics of energy regulation take up just a [...]
1Oct1998 | Jerry Ellig | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Incredible Ticket Machine
Dr. Ellig is Assistant Professor in the Program on Social and Organizational Learning at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Way back in high school, a far-from-right-wing teacher made our class sit through a short film called “The Incredible Bread Machine.” The story’s protagonist invented a bread-baking machine so productive that it vastly reduced bread prices [...]
1May1994 | Jerry Ellig | 0 comments | ContinuedDime-Store Economics
Jerry Ellig is a senior majoring in economics and history at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. “One, two, three, pull!” “Unghh!” “Y’all on that side aren’t pulling hard enough. Ready? One, two, three, pull!” “Unghh!” Was this the sound of galley slaves in the glory days of the Roman Empire? Or of medieval serfs straining [...]
1Mar1984 | Jerry Ellig | 0 comments | Continued-
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For Equality; Against Privilege
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