All Posts Tagged With: "government borrowing"
The Debt Sky
Some pundits wonder if the economy can “weather the budget cuts” (sic).
5Aug2011 | Sheldon Richman | 18 comments | ContinuedRichman Interviewed on Liberty Conspiracy
FEE friend and Freeman contributor Gardner Goldsmith interviewed me yesterday about the debt-ceiling controversy on his Liberty Conspiracy program. Listen here.
28Jul2011 | Sheldon Richman | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Evil of Government Debt
In this day of trillion-dollar-plus federal deficits, Destutt de Tracy’s critique of government debt is especially relevant.
19Mar2010 | Sheldon Richman | 15 comments | ContinuedExit Strategies
As noted in the movie War Games, sometimes the only way to win a game is not to play. And sometimes the best exit strategy is not to enter in the first place.
3Dec2009 | Steven Horwitz | 2 comments | ContinuedDeficit Spending and Future Generations: Not What You Might Think
Ultimately, the real choice is not between deficit-financed and tax-financed spending. The moral question is whether we should have more spending and bigger government with less liberty or less spending with a smaller government and more liberty. The hand-wringing on the left and right about passing the cost of “stimulating” our economy onto future generations is misplaced. No matter how it’s financed, Obama’s new spending has the potential to stimulate only one thing: the size, scope, and power of government.
21May2009 | Roy Cordato | 32 comments | Continued-
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