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UPDATE:Former Bush Treasury Official Blames Govt For Fincl Crisis

with John B. Taylorvia Dow Jones Newswires
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

A top former Treasury official under the Bush administration laid the blame for the financial crisis at the foot of the government Tuesday, and said the government is itself the biggest risk to the economy in the months and years ahead...

Analysis and Commentary

The Deadly Sins Of The Chrysler Bankruptcy

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The proposed bankruptcy reorganization of the now defunct Chrysler Corp. is the culmination of serious policy missteps by the Bush and Obama administrations...

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The whole point of capitalism

by Russ Roberts with Todd Zywickivia Cafe Hayek
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Todd Zywicki, commenting on David Brooks, writes: But it seems to me that it is time to revisit this well and think about an intellectual defense of freedom that is more than "it delivers the goods."...

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International economic crisis forces countries to join the 'Axis of Upheaval'

with Niall Fergusonvia Tennessean
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The current condition of Somalia, as a safe haven for pirates, not to mention terrorists, and poachers of the wildlife of neighboring Kenya, with a chaotic non-government should not be unexpected. Unlike most Americans, I was in a position to see this nearly three decades ago...

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Greenspan Sees ‘Seeds of a Bottoming’ in U.S. Housing

with John B. Taylorvia Bloomberg
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that the decline in the U.S. housing market may be bottoming and it’s “very easy to see” financial markets continuing to improve...

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Wal-Mart reality check

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Cool people (and many of my friends, cool and otherwise) hate Wal-Mart and sneer at those who shop there...

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Assuming power over others makes mockery of freedom

by Tibor R. Machanvia Freedom Communications
Monday, May 11, 2009

A huge difference between champions of a fully free society (or libertarianism) and others who are concerned with political economic matters is that the former really do not approve of imposing any kind of agenda on the lives of others no matter how desirable it would be...

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Was Adam Smith a liberal?

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Monday, May 11, 2009

I like to call myself a classical liberal, someone who is in favor of personal responsibility, limited government and voluntary collective action...

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Colin Robertson: Ottawa needs a permanent pro-Canada campaign in Washington

with George P. Shultzvia National Post (Canada)
Monday, May 11, 2009

When Barack Obama looks out the window from the White House, chances are he sees the swing and play set for Malia and Sasha, just one of the changes made by the new residents at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...

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Wolfe on Liberalism

by Russ Robertsvia EconTalk
Monday, May 11, 2009

Alan Wolfe, Professor of Political Science at Boston College and author of The Future of Liberalism, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about liberalism...

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