All Posts Tagged With: "Chicago"
Gun Owners Have a Right to Privacy
If you own a gun in Illinois, take precautions. The state attorney general, Lisa Madigan, wants to release the names of gun owners in response to an Associated Press request. Publication of that list would tell the criminal class where the guns are, which could be useful to two different sorts of lawbreakers: gun thieves [...]
25May2011 | John Stossel | 8 comments | ContinuedThe Dark Side of Privatization
Instapundit writes: “If the parking meter deal put a bad taste in your mouth, try swallowing this: Chicago is considering leasing its water system to help fix the budget.” Privatization for efficiencies might be a good thing, but that’s not what this is about. Mayor Daley can’t stop paying off his cronies, so he’s selling [...]
26Oct2009 | Mike Van Winkle | 6 comments | ContinuedRecycling Discredited Ideas
The current financial crisis has fueled a frenzied recycling of discredited Keynesian ideas. We are hearing again of the need for “public works,” of the need to “stimulate” the economy. The Federal Reserve is frantically inflating the supply of money. We are laying the groundwork for a disaster reminiscent of the 1970s—if not worse.
1Apr2009 | Peter Lewin | 11 comments | ContinuedThe Lost City: Discovering the Forgotten Virtues of Community in the Chicago of the 1950s
Dr. Walters is professor of economics in the Sellinger School of Business and Management at Loyola College in Maryland. Can individuals have too much freedom? Can markets serve up too many choices for consumers? Do we need more “authority” in the America of the ’90s? In The Lost City, Alan Ehrenhalt answers these questions affirmatively; [...]
1Jul1996 | Stephen J. K. Walters | 0 comments | Continued-
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