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Historical Evidence on the Benefits of Rules-Based Economic Policies

featuring John B. Taylorvia Economics One
Friday, January 7, 2011

Address before the Joint Luncheon Session of the 
American Economics Association and the American Finance Association 

Congressional Testimony

Double Dips...or More

by Michael J. Boskinvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Economic recovery often means multiple ups and downs. Harmful short-term policies only make the ride worse. By Michael J. Boskin.

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Fiscal Sanity illustration

An End to the Quick Fixes

by George P. Shultz, Michael J. Boskin, John F. Cogan, Allan H. Meltzer, John B. Taylorvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Our return to prosperity depends on permanent tax cuts, predictable policies, and sane deficits. By George P. Shultz, Michael J. Boskin, John F. Cogan, Allan Meltzer, and John B. Taylor.

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Eighty-one students arrive in New York in 1959

Men with a Mission

by Tom Shachtmanvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Scheinman collection brings to life the story of how two friends, a white American and a black Kenyan, helped African democracy bloom. By Tom Shachtman.

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Analysis and Commentary

Is Obama talking down the economy?

by Robert Zelnickvia Arena (Politico)
Monday, November 8, 2010

Economics truly becomes a dismal science when leaders with dismal outlooks are at the helm...

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On the 30th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan's Election, A Valuable Lesson

by Annelise Andersonvia FoxNews.com
Thursday, November 4, 2010

The message of the election this year is not very different from the message in 1980: The government is too big, and it spends too much. Whether President Obama and the new Congress will be able to find a path from that message through the unlimited wants of government is the question...

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Analysis and Commentary

Guess Who?

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Guess who said the following: "We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work." Was it Sarah Palin? Rush Limbaugh? Karl Rove? Not even close...

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Analysis and Commentary

Brass Oldies

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

There are political fallacies that have been around for a long time as well. These might be called brass oldies...One of these brass oldies is a phrase that has been a perennial favorite of the left, "tax cuts for the rich..."

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Brass Oldies: Part II

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Songs that are "golden oldies" have much less pleasant counterparts in politics...One of these brass oldies is the idea that the government can and must reduce unemployment by "creating jobs..."

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A Shock to the Eurozone

by Michael Spencevia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

When they joined the common currency, the nations of Europe all
promised to behave themselves, practicing fiscal discipline. Bankers
even believed them.

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