Episode 18: On Government and Natural Disaster
Posted in Audio, First Principles, Media on 21 January 2010
Stats: 47 views and 1 Comment Mike Van Winkle interviews Sheldon Richman, editor of The Freeman, about the crisis in Haiti and the government's role in natural disasters.
Posted in Audio, First Principles, Media on 21 January 2010
Stats: 47 views and 1 Comment Mike Van Winkle interviews Sheldon Richman, editor of The Freeman, about the crisis in Haiti and the government's role in natural disasters.
The House That Uncle Sam Built
Posted in Document on 1 December 2009
Stats: 1,901 views and 11 Comments By Steven Horwitz & Peter Boettke The Great Recession (or the Great Hangover) that began in 2008 did not have to happen. Its causes and consequences are not mysterious. Indeed, this particular and very painful episode affirms what the best nonpartisan economists have tried to tell our politicians and policy-makers for ...
Posted in Document on 1 December 2009
Stats: 1,901 views and 11 Comments By Steven Horwitz & Peter Boettke The Great Recession (or the Great Hangover) that began in 2008 did not have to happen. Its causes and consequences are not mysterious. Indeed, this particular and very painful episode affirms what the best nonpartisan economists have tried to tell our politicians and policy-makers for ...
Geitner Defends Regulatory Overhaul
Posted in In brief on 19 June 2009
Stats: 42 views and No Comments "Speaking before the Senate Banking Committee Thursday, Mr. Geithner provided the first public defense of the proposal, warning that the country 'cannot afford inaction' and must make broad changes to consumer protections and improve the everyday workings of financial markets. 'Our economy has been brought too close to the brink ...
Posted in In brief on 19 June 2009
Stats: 42 views and No Comments "Speaking before the Senate Banking Committee Thursday, Mr. Geithner provided the first public defense of the proposal, warning that the country 'cannot afford inaction' and must make broad changes to consumer protections and improve the everyday workings of financial markets. 'Our economy has been brought too close to the brink ...
Government Motors?
Posted in Articles, Not So Fast! on 2 April 2009
Stats: 1,381 views and 5 Comments It is fitting that this column is being published near April Fools’ Day, for the government is playing a hoax on Americans in basically nationalizing General Motors (now “Government Motors”) and Chrysler. For Chrysler this is the second bailout in a generation; the company should have been sleeping with ...
Posted in Articles, Not So Fast! on 2 April 2009
Stats: 1,381 views and 5 Comments It is fitting that this column is being published near April Fools’ Day, for the government is playing a hoax on Americans in basically nationalizing General Motors (now “Government Motors”) and Chrysler. For Chrysler this is the second bailout in a generation; the company should have been sleeping with ...
Rome and the Great Depression
Posted in Articles, Featured on 24 February 2009
Stats: 1,019 views and 18 Comments Commentators on the present financial crisis have noted some interesting parallels to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Even if we survive Washington’s spending spree, Congress and the Obama administration could still tip us into catastrophe if they sharply raise taxes or tariffs as Congress did in 1930 and ’32. ...
Posted in Articles, Featured on 24 February 2009
Stats: 1,019 views and 18 Comments Commentators on the present financial crisis have noted some interesting parallels to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Even if we survive Washington’s spending spree, Congress and the Obama administration could still tip us into catastrophe if they sharply raise taxes or tariffs as Congress did in 1930 and ’32. ...
