Archive for Paul A. Cleveland

How Shall We Live?

What is civilization and how is it to be achieved? How can we live together in peace and social harmony? What is wealth and how do we acquire it? Why are so many people poor and why do they remain poor? Finally, are there objective standards of behavior that must be respected if societies are [...]

24Mar2010 | and and Paul A. Cleveland | 1 comment | Continued

Remembering Julian Simon

Paul A. Cleveland is a professor of economics at Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama. Erin Hagert is studying economics at The King’s College in New York. The late Julian Simon was not a household name, but he left an indelible mark nonetheless by demanding that environmentalists produce evidence for their doomsday predictions. Meanwhile, he produced his [...]

1Jan2007 | and and Paul A. Cleveland | 1 comment | Continued

The Futility of the Government Airline Bailout

In recent years many airlines have struggled, and following
9/11 Congress passed a massive aid package aimed at rescuing the industry. After years of government aid it is appropriate to ask what has been accomplished.

1Dec2005 | Paul A. Cleveland | 16 comments | Continued

Clarence B. Carson, R.I.P.

Paul Cleveland is a professor of economics at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. On April 9 we lost one of our strongest defenders of the cause of liberty when Clarence Carson passed away at age 77. In many ways Carson’s story is a familiar one for the time in which he grew up in America. [...]

1Jul2003 | Paul A. Cleveland | 9 comments | Continued

Privatizing Airline Safety and Security

The events of 9/11 underscore the importance of improving the safety and security of air travel. The government’s response to the terrorist attacks employs a command-and-control approach. That approach ought to be questioned. After all, it was the Federal Aviation Administration’s system that failed on 9/11. Why should we expect additional controls to be more [...]

1Nov2002 | and and Paul A. Cleveland | 3 comments | Continued

Airline Protectionism Hurts Travelers

In one form or another the U.S. government has regulated the domestic airline industry since 1930. The imposition of various rules and regulations has kept the industry from becoming as efficient as it might have become had it evolved in a free market. While many controls ended in 1978 and the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) [...]

1Oct2002 | and and Paul A. Cleveland | 1 comment | Continued

The Smart-Growth Scam

H. Nathan Hart recently graduated from Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. Paul Cleveland is an associate professor of economics at Birmingham-Southern College. Transportation is essential to the daily life of nearly every American. Millions of people flock onto the freeways and streets to accomplish innumerable tasks each day. Americans love their cars. No other mode [...]

1Jul2001 | and and H. Nathan Hart | 2 comments | Continued

Economic Logic by Mark Skousen

Capital Press • 2000 • 369 pages • $29.95 paperback Economic Logic is Mark Skousen’s new principles of economics text, which is intended to teach introductory economics in a consistent, integrative fashion. That is a worthy goal. I am not alone in being weary of the current texts that offer a buffet of economic theories. [...]

1Mar2001 | Paul A. Cleveland | 0 comments | Continued

Economic Illiteracy

Paul Cleveland is an associate professor of economics at Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. Outing the fall semester, the first examination given to my principles-of-economics students included this: Discuss the following statement: When an economic function is turned over to the government, social cooperation invariably replaces self-interest as the motivation for human action. The [...]

1Apr2000 | Paul A. Cleveland | 1 comment | Continued

Individual Responsibility and Economic Well-Being

Dr. Cleveland is an associate professor of finance at Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Stephenson is a student there. Despite being motivated by apparent concern for the poor, government efforts to redistribute income have failed. Decades of U.S. welfare programs have failed to rescue both the urban and the rural poor. The only way to [...]

1Aug1995 | and and Paul A. Cleveland | 0 comments | Continued

The Immorality of Government-Mandated Health Care

Dr. Cleveland is Professor of Economics and Finance at Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama. As America’s politicians debate the issue of health-care reform, one element seems strangely missing from their deliberations: the question of the morality of gov-ernment-mandated health insurance. Is it moral for government to institute such insurance or to force employers to provide it? [...]

1Nov1994 | Paul A. Cleveland | 16 comments | Continued

Re-regulating Airlines

Paul Cleveland is an assistant professor of finance and economics at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1978, Congress passed legislation which .phased out the Civil Aeronautics Board and thus deregulated the airline industry. The bill was passed amid industry speculation that deregulation would endure for only a brief period of time. Trade publications prophesied [...]

1Jun1993 | Paul A. Cleveland | 1 comment | Continued

Polands Flawed Reform Plan

Professor Cleveland teaches finance at Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama. Poland’s economy recently has undergone some radical changes. Price restrictions have been lifted, its borders have been opened to foreign goods, and interest rates and exchange rates have been allowed to fluctuate. These are encouraging moves toward a free market system. The results, however, have been [...]

1Nov1991 | Paul A. Cleveland | 0 comments | Continued

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