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Do not let the 'cure' destroy capitalism

by Gary S. Beckervia Financial Times
Friday, March 20, 2009

Capitalism has been wounded by the global recession, which unfortunately will get worse before it gets better...

Analysis and Commentary

Milton Friedman Vs. David Brooks

by Peter M. Robinsonvia Forbes
Friday, March 20, 2009

This past week, New York Times columnist David Brooks climbed unwittingly into the ring to go a couple of rounds with Milton Friedman--or rather, since Friedman died just over two years ago, with the ghost of Milton Friedman...

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Obscene bonuses

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Thursday, March 19, 2009

Can you believe this?...

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Must be a virus

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Fannie and Freddie are going to pay bonuses, too...

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Fed Wrestles Over How to Inject Credit Into Economy

with John B. Taylor, Robert E. Hallvia Bloomberg
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Federal Reserve policy makers will likely determine today that the U.S. recession is still deepening, while clashing on what to do about it...

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FACTS ON POLICY: The United States then and now—a snapshot of the U.S. economy at the beginning of the five most recent presidencies

via Hoover Institution
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Did you know? . . . Some aspects of the economic challenges that the Obama administration inherited are not unlike those of earlier presidents...

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The Obama Plan: ‘Card check’ proposal bad for business, U.S. economy

with Richard A. Epsteinvia Oklahoman
Monday, March 16, 2009

Last week congressional Democrats introduced the apple pie-sounding "Employees Free Choice Act,” no doubt causing lots of hearts to skip at AFSCME, the giant government employees union, the AFL-CIO and others...

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Union’s Card Check is the New Jim Crow Poll Tax

with Richard A. Epsteinvia Canada Free Press
Monday, March 16, 2009

One of the most odious aspects of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is the card check feature...

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The ongoing problems of "stimulust"

with John B. Taylorvia Foreign Policy
Sunday, March 15, 2009

It was not hard to predict that an Obama administration's skeptical approach to trade could cause international tension...

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Card-Check Bill Makes for Strange Bedfellows

with Richard A. Epsteinvia Barron's Online
Saturday, March 14, 2009

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, WHOSE POLITICS generally are left of center, stands well to the right of Mao Zedong on one contentious issue: the primacy of the secret ballot...

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