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Old, Bold Futility
In economic analysis and policy formulation, profundity is not to be confused with complexity. And simple logic is not the same as simplicity. Reliance in thought and communication on shortcut slogans and mottos yields not solution but fiasco.
With employment slumping, many would have us believe in a simplistic “bold economic recovery program.” With vast public-works [...]
The American Land Question
Widespread landownership long supported a kind of liberal-republican independence. Perhaps we should reexamine the nexus and ask ourselves how, in Donald Davidson’s words, we “let the freehold pass,” and whether that was really for the best.
10Jun2009 | Joseph R. Stromberg | 6 comments | ContinuedReal Jobs Create Wealth
If the government’s projects were truly worthwhile, they would be undertaken by private efforts, and in their quest for profits, entrepreneurs would handle them more efficiently.
Remember this when President Obama begins to boast about how successful his stimulus plan is.
21May2009 | John Stossel | 9 comments | ContinuedA Matter of Priorities
‘Tis the political season, which means the season to bash immigrants. This goes especially for so-called “illegal aliens,” that is, residents without government papers. (As if that’s a big deal.)
Candidates and others who are set on securing the Mexican border—the Canadian border seems of less concern—and expelling those who had the audacity to come to [...]
Free Trade’s Never-Ending Battle
Arthur Foulkes is a freelance writer living in Indiana.
Bastiat, did you live in vain?
I can think of few people who did more for the cause of free trade in his lifetime than Frédéric Bastiat. A nineteenth-century French lawmaker, pamphleteer, economist, and philosopher, Bastiat is well known to free-trade advocates even today. His classic satirical essay [...]
Credentials: Because the Free Market Abhors a Vacuum
Many people gripe about credentialing. The requiring of a credential, it is said, shuts qualified people out of the labor market (much as my lack of demonstrated athletic prowess keeps me from getting that job as an NFL quarterback that I very much want!).
Before discussing why credentials have become such an important part of today’s [...]
Technology, Progress, and Freedom
Edward Younkins is professor of accountancy and business administration at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Technology represents man’s attempt to make life easier. Technological advances improve people’s standard of living, increase leisure time, help eliminate poverty, and lead to a greater variety of products. Progress allows people more time to spend on higher level [...]
Sen or Sense
Barun Mitra is a founder and the managing trustee of Liberty Institute, an independent think tank in New Delhi, India. He has published widely, including in the Wall Street Journal.
In the battle over economics, the victory of the market seemed decisive. It had not been easy. Since the days of Adam Smith, the world economy [...]
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The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy–If We Let it Happen
By Arthur B. Laffer, Stephen Moore, and Peter J. Tanous
