All Posts Tagged With: "think tanks"
Free Economy Institute, Tokyo
The Free Economy Institute in Tokyo, Japan, is up and running. FEI is a welcome addition to the international community of classical-liberal organizations, and FEE is proud to be a partner. FEI activities are grounded in the principles of the free market, limited government, and traditional Japanese values. Its activities will aim to: educate the [...]
13Jul2010 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedCharacter, Liberty, and Economics
Over four decades I’ve written scores of articles, essays, and columns on economics; taught the subject at the university level; and given hundreds of speeches on it. In recent years the nexus between the economics of a free society and individual character has worked its way into my writing, speaking, and thinking with increasing emphasis. [...]
1Jul2008 | Lawrence W. Reed | 11 comments | ContinuedA Think Tank for Those Who Don’t Think
The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong,” wrote John Maynard Keynes, “are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else.” Keynes was wise to include the phrase, “both when they are right and when they are wrong.” Unfortunately, it’s [...]
1Jan2002 | Lawrence W. Reed | 1 comment | ContinuedThink Tank Wars and the Minimum Wage
True to form, Senator Edward Kennedy is pushing legislation to hike the minimum wage 41 percent, to $7.25 per hour by September 2002. President Bill Clinton has naturally jumped on the bandwagon, though he only wants to go to $6.15 an hour. He declared before last November’s election: “We are fighting hard for the dignity of living wage [sic] in the face of partisanship that refused us last time.”
1Apr1999 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Unique Role of FEE
Succeeding Hans Sennholz as president of FEE is humbling enough, but attempting to fill shoes once worn by Leonard Read is downright intimidating. Leonard Read was one of this century’s most eloquent and passionate champions of liberty, whose writings continue to inspire me—as they have inspired so many others for the past half-century or so. [...]
1Jun1997 | Donald J. Boudreaux | 0 comments | Continued-
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