Don’t Fall Into the Keynesian, Demand-Side Trap
This post from Pejman Yousefzadeh on the tax deal is a few days old, but it’s worth talking about because it illustrates a trap into which conservatives too often fall. His point is that the temporary...
View ArticleTARP Pays Off
The special inspector general for the TARP program says that it makes future government bailouts more likely: The financial rescue fund known as TARP has actually the increased the likelihood of more...
View ArticleFrom Where Do These Magical Regulators Come?
George Soros recently penned an interesting Op-ed in Politico, coinciding with an appearance at the Cato Institute (is there a libertarian equivalent to Holy Water, and was it burning?) for an event...
View ArticleIgnorance on Display: Obama Blames Increases in Productivity for Bad Economy
Why can’t people find work? It’s the ATMs, stupid! President Obama explained to NBC News that the reason companies aren’t hiring is not because of his policies, it’s because the economy is so...
View ArticleObama’s Fatal Conceit
I, like many others, made light of the President’s recent shocking display of economic ignorance. In an interview on NBC’s TODAY, the President claimed that productivity, the source of our prosperity,...
View ArticleLasting Economies Are Not Built
During his State of the Union speech, President Obama expressed his desire for an “economy built to last,” an oxymoron emblematic of the President’s embrace of Keynesianism and other failed economic...
View ArticleIn Need of Capital Day
The Department of Labor cites Labor Day as “dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers,” adding that “it constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers...
View ArticleThe 3 Myths of Disaster Shysters
It’s that time of year again – when a major natural disaster is dominating the news cycle, and every economic, scientific and political snake oil salesman or huckster comes out of the woodwork to...
View ArticleAn Unconvincing Case for Protectionism
A few weeks ago, Rep. Tom Rooney (lifetime conservative rating of 94.7 by ACU, but a lukewarm 74% from Club for Growth) took to the Daily Caller to make “a conservative case for sugar tariffs.” He...
View ArticleNo, Defense Spending Decline Not Behind Lackluster Economy
President Obama has found a new way to blame Republicans for his poor economic record. The government released preliminary GDP numbers for the 4th quarter of last year, and they were not good. The...
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