All Posts Tagged With: "energy"

Dim Bulbs

“Hell, there are no rules here—we’re trying to accomplish something.”
—Thomas A. Edison
Edison’s words may have been true in the 1800s. Today, however, we have plenty of rules, thanks to the U.S. Congress. Some are so bizarre that you have to question the judgment of those who come up with them. One rule in particular is [...]

10Jun2009 | Michael Heberling | 22 comments | Continued

Re-Thinking Green: Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy

Edited by Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close Reviewed by Michael Sanera

1Mar2007 | agardner | 0 comments | Continued

The Poverty of the United Nations

Lawrence Reed is president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a free-market research and educational organization in Midland, Michigan, and chairman of FEE’s Board of Trustees.
Twenty years ago, a United Nations report listed the United States as consuming 115,540 kilowatt-hours of energy per person per year. At the same time, each person in the [...]

1Jan1999 | Lawrence W. Reed | 0 comments | Continued

Why Wages Rise: 4. Tools to Harness Energy

F. A. Harper is a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education.
The first two articles in this series dealt with the effect on wages of (1) union membership and (2) productivity. The third dealt with the division of the total product between pay for current effort and pay for the use [...]

21Nov2009 | F. A. Harper | 0 comments | Continued