All Posts Tagged With: "accountability"
Who Owns the Fed?
Have you heard? The Federal Reserve System raked in profits of $79.3 billion last year, almost triple what runner-up ExxonMobil made. The Fed’s business model is a snap—just print money—and unlike poor beleaguered Exxon, the Fed has no competition to worry about. This means a gigantic windfall for the big banks because, although they don’t [...]
21Apr2011 | Warren C. Gibson | 18 comments | ContinuedPolice Misconduct and Public Accountability
Why is it difficult to prosecute police officers for criminal misconduct even when the abuse is severe and unequivocal? A February news item from WSVN-TV in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale points to one reason: A homeless man’s attorney said surveillance video shows deputies used excessive force in his arrest. Gerald McGovern, 58 [said he] did not attack [...]
22Sep2010 | Wendy McElroy | 16 comments | ContinuedTwo Cheers for Transparency
If citizens knew more about how their governments really worked and what they spent other people’s money on, it would not only make for better-informed citizens but for better (and hopefully less) government at the same time. That’s the theory behind a growing movement spearheaded by think tanks from coast to coast and in Canada. [...]
21May2009 | Lawrence W. Reed | 6 comments | ContinuedPrivatizing 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 Paul A. Cleveland | 3 comments | ContinuedA Primer on America’s Schools
This volume presents 11 essays on the state of K-12 education in the United States. It is the first effort by the Koret Task Force, a group of scholars commissioned to “encourage a stronger connection between policymaking and good social science” in the area of K-12 education. The essays in this first publication do three [...]
1Jul2002 | Jeffrey Miron | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America’s Campuses
Many books have discussed political indoctrination on American campuses, but none is as thorough and damning as this one. Alan Kors, a history professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvey Silverglate, a criminal defense attorney and civil liberties litigator, present overwhelming evidence that the loss of liberty on campuses is far greater than most [...]
1Nov1999 | Daniel Shapiro | 2 comments | ContinuedMarkets and Freedom
The social cooperation that emerges in free markets permits the specialization on which prosperity depends. We would be much poorer without the specialization that is possible only when large numbers of people can coordinate production and consumption through market exchange. But even more important than the material wealth we realize from the marketplace is the [...]
1Sep1998 | Dwight R. Lee | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Gift of a Child: The Promise of Freedom
Clark Durant currently serves on the State Board of Education in Michigan and is the immediate past president of the Board. He is also the chairman of the Cornerstone Schools. He and his wife, the former Susan Sparks, have four children. A child. What a blessing. Laughter. A sense of discovery and curiosity. Faith—at first—that [...]
1Jun1997 | Clark Durant | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Privatization Revolution
There’s a revolution underway. It’s worldwide, nonviolent, and pro-freedom. It’s known by a word that wasn’t even in dictionaries 20 years ago—privatization.
Privatization, in its broadest sense, is the transfer of assets or services from the tax-supported and politicized public sector to the entrepreneurial initiative and competitive markets of the private sector.
1Oct1996 | Lawrence W. Reed | 1 comment | ContinuedTaking Responsibility: Self-Reliance and the Accountable Life
Mr. Madden is an instructor in communication at Mt. Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Responsibility is a favorite buzzword on the current political scene. Yet even many conservatives have a faulty notion of what the concept actually entails. In his latest book, psychologist Nathaniel Branden sets forth a sound approach to this critical issue. [...]
1Oct1996 | Russell Madden | 0 comments | Continued-
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