Published by the Foundation for Economic Education
November 21, 2009 | Subscribe via RSS
“Projected costs [of a Denver rail project] have ballooned to nearly $7 billion, and the system faces a budget gap of $2.2 billion, mainly because of a sharp drop in sales tax revenues … Voters could be presented with a proposed sales tax increase as early as next year to finish a system that remains mostly an idea.” (New York Times, Thursday)
Don’t say we told you so.
FEE Timely Classic:
“Mass Transit Mess” by John Semmens
In Print:
Barack Obama changed the rules when he intervened in the bankruptcies of GM and Chysler. There's no telling what the consequences will be for the economy. Also in this issue: A Nobel Prize we can rejoice over, a clunker of a government program, and a depression you never heard of.
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by Richard A. Epstein
by Bruce Yandle
by Paul Armentano
by Tyler Watts
by John Stossel
by Thomas Szasz
by Robert Higgs
by Art Carden
Reviewed by William L. Anderson
Reviewed by John Tamny
