Politics Archive
Why Keynesian “stimulus” bills do not, and cannot, work
April 2, 2009 · Category: Politics
This is quite simply the best explanation I have ever seen for why Keynesian government "stimulus" efforts do not -- indeed, cannot -- actually achieve anything like what they set out to achieve:
I had never ...
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Daniel Hannan: The Rise of a Free Market Star
March 27, 2009 · Category: Current Events, Politics
After my post "Where is OUR Daniel Hannan?" I looked up Hannan on YouTube to see what else he's been up to, besides his regular blog on the Telegraph web site.
I appears the public flogging ...
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Where is OUR Daniel Hannan?
March 25, 2009 · Category: Current Events, Politics
Via Drudge, this is rich:
More like this, please.
Additional backstory from Hannan himself, here.
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John Galt is smiling
The allusions to Atlas Shrugged in the mainstream media are just getting better and better. From the new Bloomberg article "Obama Needs AIG’s Liddy, Not Other Way Around," by Caroline Baum:
The hero of Ayn ...
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Now you’ve heard of Adam Shepard
I enjoyed reading Charles Platt's expose of what it's really like to work at Wal-Mart -- lack of unions and all.
At the end comes this gem:
If you haven’t heard of Adam Shepard ... His remarkable ...
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Fred Thompson on why we should be optimistic about the economy
Another instant classic from Fred Thompson.
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Sage insights about the “ownership society” and how it relates to the financial crisis
I've been a late-comer to the Volokh Conspiracy party -- I remember hearing its name for many years and skimming many posts before realizing why it was such a big deal, and worth reading regularly ...
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Contra Ayn Rand, and Gordon Gekko, greed is NOT good
Here is a point I've been meaning to make publicly to other Objectivists for many years. I posted this as a comment on John Enright's post.
Ayn Rand called Galt's Gulch a "utopia of greed" ...
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Good economic ideas from the Newt
September 23, 2008 · Category: Current Events, Politics
Newt Gingrich wins my award for best commentary on the financial crisis, for his recent article in NRO, "Before D.C. gets our money, it owes us some answers."
And Kathy sent me a link to Newt's ...
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Bill Whittle on the significance of Sarah Palin
September 6, 2008 · Category: Intellectual, Politics
If you only read one thing all week about the election, read this.
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