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04/23/2008 10:00:00
It's time to get ready for the big one. If you want to survive the coming recession/depression - you had better be prepared. 04/23/2008 10:00:00
Today's clamor for more regulation of financial institutions to prevent another subprime mortgage meltdown is an exercise in self-deception. 04/03/2008 14:00:00
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Bush next week will send Congress a trade agreement forcing Democrats there to make an unpleasant choice. Will they follow the bidding of organized labor and reject a pact negotiated more than a year and a half ago with the country's strongest ally and best customer in South 03/31/2008 14:00:00
Why did we get a massive over-building of single family homes and a plethora of bad mortgage loans? 03/25/2008 14:00:00
On reading George Bush's discourse to the New York Economic Club last week, Cicero's insight came to mind: "To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child." 03/24/2008 21:04:57
Liberals blaming the takeover of Bear Stearns on capitalism is akin to blaming the homeowner if someone sets fire to his house. 03/21/2008 14:00:00
As the United States enters into the 2008 and another presidential election, there is widespread anxiety over the state of the economy. 03/19/2008 01:11:54
History shows rebates and other government plans to boost the economy don't have much impact, a Heritage Foundation official says 03/13/2008 12:00:00
If the Government gave each of us 100 million dollars...
Re: "$145 Billion, Economic Stimulus Package"
Suppose that on Inauguration Day 2009, the first thing that President "Hillary Obama McCain" announced that, "One month from now every American will be receiving a check for 100 million dollars." 03/11/2008 14:00:00
"The commonest error in politics," said Lord Salisbury, "is sticking to the carcass of dead policies."
Lord Salisbury's rule comes to mind on reading of John McCain's delight at the $40 billion contract awarded the French-led parent of Airbus -- to build the next generation of U.S. Air Force tanker 03/08/2008 14:00:00
The role of the Federal Reserve has changed enormously--and not for the good--since its creation in 1913. 03/07/2008 13:00:00
"The World is Flat", is a book which discusses how the Internet is leveling the playing field around the world. It's why tech support is booming in Bangalore, India, for instance. But that's just an outward manifestation of the flattening playing field. What country has the largest middle class? Not 03/07/2008 13:00:00
Where America once dealt from a position of strength, and might still be doing so, it is now indefensibly vulnerable to the likes of Ahmadinejad and Chavez. And at some point, either this current generation or its posterity will either fix these blunders or pay dearly for such shortsightedness. 03/07/2008 13:00:00
Everywhere you look, people are wringing their hands over the economy. I'm not immune to this. We appear to be teetering on the edge of a long fall, and I'm not looking forward to it. The media has a habit of quoting numbers and then citing the same tired old sources... 03/07/2008 12:00:00
Feast or Famine? Bernanke and the feds have along year or more ahead of them. But so do Americans. Will we be able to live with inflation and deflation? Will food prices even out or continue to rise? 03/05/2008 14:00:00
Why is it bad for the Fed to reduce interest rates when, as now, the dollar is falling against other currencies? 03/04/2008 14:00:00
If Canada and Mexico do not renegotiate NAFTA, said Hillary Clinton in the Cleveland debate, she would "opt out" of the trade treaty that was the legislative altarpiece of Bill Clinton's presidency. Barack agreed. NAFTA is renegotiated, or NAFTA is gone. Barack went further. 03/04/2008 14:00:00
It is fascinating watching politicians say how they are going to rescue the "rust belt" regions where jobs are disappearing and companies are either shutting down or moving elsewhere. 02/05/2008 14:00:00
“Lead, follow or get out of the way,” the saying goes. Unfortunately, the U.S. is refusing to lead on one crucial issue. And it could prove costly for us all. That issue is free trade. For decades, the U. S. led the world in promoting it. Democrats and Republicans 01/30/2008 14:00:00
Both political parties seem determined that the federal government should create a "stimulus package" of things designed to cushion a downturn in the economy. That alone should be enough to make us remember that "the devil is always in the details," because things 01/24/2008 13:00:00
How many times can Big Government and the Fed. Reserve come to the rescue of the continuing economic mishaps and climbing debt? 01/22/2008 14:00:00
The experience of the Soviet Union, Japan, and China should, but will not, cause liberal activists to proceed with caution. 01/21/2008 14:00:00
President Bush doesnt like to admit hes made mistakes. But if White House chatter about an economic stimulus package is true, the president is about to repeat a misstep made early in his first term. 01/15/2008 14:00:00
Every January, there’s new proof that competition forces everyone involved to get better. That’s when millions of Americans tune in to the NFL playoffs, where only the best teams advance. Because the competition is relentless, each team works hard to get better. Last year, for 01/01/2008 14:00:00
Senator Hillary Clinton's Christmas commercial, showing various government programs as presents under a Christmas tree, was a classic example of calculated confusion in politics. Anyone who believes that the government can give the country presents has fallen for the oldest political 12/27/2007 14:00:00
The New York Times editorial board still believes in the fairyland of Stalinist dictatorship of the proletariat in which all the shots are called by the collective government's commissars. 12/13/2007 14:00:00
Once again, inflation is not a result of rising demand by consumers or business enterprises. And the Fed's interest rate tinkering does not cure inflation. 12/07/2007 13:00:00
Are "PC" retailers harming themselves? 11/29/2007 14:00:00
The cloudy crystal ball of socialist intellectuals must be, not just cleaned, but consigned to the trash heap.
11/21/2007 14:00:00
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