All Posts Tagged With: "crisis"
Economy Said to Be at Risk from Oil Prices
“If the recent rise in oil prices sticks, it will most likely slow a growth rate that is already too sluggish to produce many jobs in this country.” (New York Times) The best energy policy is no energy policy. FEE Timely Classic “Energy Policy: Wisdom or Waste?” by Roger McKinney
25Feb2011 | Foundation for Economic Education | 0 comments | ContinuedThe House That Uncle Sam Built
The Great Recession (or the Great Hangover) that began in 2008 did not have to happen. Its causes and consequences are not mysterious. Indeed, this particular and very painful episode affirms what the best nonpartisan economists have tried to tell our politicians and policy-makers for decades, namely, that the more they try to inflate and [...]
8Oct2010 | and Peter J. Boettke | 1 comment | ContinuedI, Government
I am government–the institution known the world over to all who pay taxes, get subsidies, and face regulation. Coercion is both my vocation and my avocation; it is in my very nature to compel others to do that which they otherwise would not do. My nature should then be of great concern to you as [...]
1Oct2002 | D.W. MacKenzie | 1 comment | ContinuedSpencer’s Law: Another Reason Not to Worry
One of the constant themes of today’s media is crisis and panic. Everywhere we look we are told there is some dreadful social problem, a threat to all that is good and true. Moreover, it is getting worse and will bring disaster upon all of us—unless “we do something.” (The authors of these jeremiads always [...]
1Aug2001 | Stephen Davies | 0 comments | Continued-
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