All Posts Tagged With: "Bastiat"

Monsieur Bastiat, Call Your Office

In September I lectured at the Liberty Weekend Dedicated to the Life and Legacy of Frédéric Bastiat, sponsored by the Polish-American Foundation for Economic Research and Education (PAFERE) in Warsaw. Preparing for my visit, I reread Bastiat’s great book The Law. Oh do we need Bastiat today! The Law is the kind of book you [...]

18Nov2009 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | Continued

Cash for Clunkers Was a Loser

President Obama’s Cash for Clunkers program, inspired by the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act, ended August 25, 2009. As I drove through a major shopping area that day, I passed a large and highly successful Toyota dealer. Just past the sparkling showroom and sparsely populated lot of new cars, “clunkers” sat in a [...]

18Nov2009 | Bruce Yandle | 1 comment | Continued

What is Seen and What is Unseen: Government “Job Creation”

How can Obama and his economic advisers know what kinds of jobs will position our economy to “lead the world” in the long term? Indeed, how can we expect anyone to know what kinds of jobs will be able to offer such a guarantee of wealth and security, considering the enormous complexity of our world?

10Jun2009 | Larissa Price | 2 comments | Continued

Taxation as Vandalism

Imagine a small town with only a few small businesses. The best, most prosperous business is the general store, which sells citizens many of their daily necessities. Just across the street is a shop that sells and installs windows. Unlike the general store, the window shop is not doing well at all. The town is [...]

20Jan2009 | Lachlan Markay | 14 comments | Continued

Lincoln Didnt Say It

Next to Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln is probably the most quoted and quotable—President we ever had. And as is the case with all famous persons, Lincoln is sometimes credited with words he didn’t utter. Probably the most famous example is this:
1.       You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
2.     [...]

20Nov2009 | Dean Russell | 0 comments | Continued