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New Paper: Human Rights and Economic Liberalization
The Beacon —
Authority: 598
Carden, Art and Robert A. Lawson. 2009. Human Rights and Economic Liberalization , under review at Business and Politics . This paper has made the rounds at a handful of conferences and is finally available. Thanks to everyone who has offered comments and suggestions. The abstract: Using several case studies ...3 days ago -
Do you have a freshwater or saltwater view of the future?
Future Savvy: Turning Foresight Into Value —
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Economists make a handy, if mildly irreverent, distinction between “freshwater” and “saltwater” economics. Freshwater refers to economic theory that rests on the efficient markets hypothesis — a belief in the efficiency and rationality of free markets. It is associated with Milton Friedman and the ...3 days ago -
The different ways of spending money
Not a sheep —
Authority: 151
I know that I have blogged Milton Friedmans thoughts on the different ways of spending money but I have never before found any video of him explaining the concept. Its a bit more long-winded but shows Milton Friedman for the genial economist he was rather than the right-wing monster that he is usually portrayed as. ...3 days ago -
Today’s White House “Jobs Summit”
Cato @ Liberty —
Authority: 740
Today’s Politico Arena asks: The WH Jobs Summit: “A little less conversation? A little more action? ( please)” My response: Today’s White House “jobs summit” reflects little more, doubtless, than growing administration panic over the political implications of the unemployment picture. With the ...4 days ago -
Free markest create jobs, not governments
Irish Mortgage Brokers Blog —
Authority: 130
In this clip John Stossel talks about the free market being a job creator as opposed to Governments, he covers points similar to those that Milton Friedman covered in his documentary ‘Free to Choose’, and the truth of the matter is that governments are highly inefficient in creating growth, they have a place in ...4 days ago -
Gold is not merely at an all time high;
InvestmentWatch —
Authority: 157
It has gotten there extraordinarily rapidly, a typical attribute of bubbles. That said, bubbles are very difficult to identify. Wall St. jokes aside, there are some very bright people who did not identify either the tech bubble or the housing bubble in time to avoid major losses. If gold is in a bubble, why is it in ...4 days ago -
Legal Immigration—The Bigger Obamacare Problem
brianlee —
Authority: 136
An interesting post from http://www.vdare.com/ about LEGAL immigrations problems in Obamacare! You can subscribe to this post here for more stories like this! National Data, By Edwin S. Rubenstein Legal Immigration—The Bigger Obamacare Problem Health care a divisive issue? No way. Not when you ...1 week ago -
America’s Final Collapse : When History Repeats!
The Betrayal —
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What Dubai Says About Capitalism: Not Much
zero hedge —
Authority: 751
You sort of just knew Dubai was going to implode. Or if you didnt, you sure should have. Bloomberg reports: Dubai is shaking investor confidence across the Persian Gulf after its proposal to delay debt payments risked triggering the biggest sovereign default since Argentina in 2001. The cost of ...1 week ago -
Top Ten Turkeys Standing in the Way of Financial Reform
New Deal 2.0 —
Authority: 141
Before we all go into a food coma, it’s time to talk a little turkey. I asked New Deal 2.0 bloggers to tell me what persons deserved the turkey prize for thwarting the financial reform our country desperately needs in order to prosper. Marshall Auerback noted that we are “spoiled for choice” in this season of ...1 week ago -
Inhumanity of Minimum Wage Law
Reason for Liberty —
Authority: 115
“ Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.” - Milton Friedman One may wonder what the great economist Milton Friedman was thinking while he uttered those words. May be he was thinking of the ill-effects of price controls and how does price control causes ...1 week ago -
Quotes of the day
Caveat Bettor —
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Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.--George Orwell Apparently counting daisies while soldiers are pushing them up is deemed politically awkward.-- Jules Crittenden To have gone out in the early days and talked to ...1 week ago -
We can do better
The Standard —
Authority: 607
By and large the Right are refusing to defend their neoliberal monetary policy system. The currency is causing chaos, the housing bubble is back, and the Reserve Bank is in a ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ position as it tries to control inflation. But the Right treat the neoliberal doctrine like a ...2 weeks ago -
I, Pencil
Irish Mortgage Brokers Blog —
Authority: 130
This is a fascinating piece about a common pencil, written in 1958 it looks at the miraculous synergy that occurs, to make the seemingly common pencil, I hope you are inspired by this, I was! It is a testament to the fact that markets do in fact, offer so much good to people all around the world, that humans dealing ...2 weeks ago -
Health Care ‘Reform:’ $500 Hammers and the Reverse Economies of Bureaucratic Scales
Big Government —
Authority: 812
At the center of the health care debate is the simple – but profound – question of whether government can deliver services, in this case health care services, better than private enterprise sensibly regulated. President Obama clearly believes that the ‘public option will not only be more equitable but more ...2 weeks ago -
Why did Conservation International invite Thomas Friedman to go to Brazil?
It's Getting Hot In Here —
Authority: 583
Wanted to share this insightful (and quite funny and fun to read) rebuttal of Thomas Friedman’s recent ignorant and shallow New York Times column . Chris Lang takes Friedman’s “arguments” apart, line by line. Cross posted from REDD Monitor . Enjoy. Why did Conservation International invite Thomas ...2 weeks ago -
‘What If’ … Economists were a few hundred years ahead of the game?
Irish Mortgage Brokers Blog —
Authority: 130
The Trinity Science Gallery is just across the street from our offices, proximity, linked with my interest in science (confession: I dropped out of Science in NUIM many years ago before studying business - but as a kid I actually wanted to be a scientist) means that I go there a lot, and they have these great ...3 weeks ago -
Ascensão e Coma do “liberalismo” – hipótese de investigação
Janela na web —
Authority: 104
O pensamento liberal na economia teve um processo evolutivo que, em muitos aspectos, acompanhou as vagas de globalização. Apesar de não desenvolvermos esse ponto neste texto, as fases do liberalismo económico associaram-se a fases geopolíticas distintas da projecção externa das duas grandes potências ...3 weeks ago -
Quote of the Day: Milton Friedman on employer provided health coverage
United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government —
Authority: 537
“We have become so accustomed to employer-provided medical care that we regard it as part of the natural order. Yet it is thoroughly illogical. Why single out medical care? Food is more essential to life than medical care. Why not exempt the cost of food from taxes if provided by the employer? Why not return to the ...3 weeks ago -
Free Market Capitalism Needs Clear and Enforced "Rules of the Game"
Breakout Performance: Ironfire Capital —
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Appreciate all the Seeking Alpha comments Ive received on my article on "Its time to champion real free market capitalism." Several have said that "real" free market capitalism should have no government involvement. First, I dont believe that either Friedman or Rand would agree with that statement. See this ...3 weeks ago
