by Henry Oliner | Feb 28, 2011 | Anti Semitism, Politics
This is a critical chapter in Hayek’s 1944 classic, The Road to Serfdom. The books is a deeply thoughtful examination of why planned economies lead to despotic rule. In several different parts of the book Hayek explains that the motivation to improve an economy by...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 26, 2011 | Business
When our economy hit the wall in the last quarter of 2008 we, like so many businesses, reacted normally; we reduced the number of payroll employees and hours as much as possible, eliminated some of the days we used the cleaning service, had other services requote to...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 25, 2011 | Law, Politics
I cannot avoid coming to this conclusion- that there are too many great men in the world; there are too many legislators, organizers, institutors of society, conductors of the people, fathers of nations, etc., etc. Too many persons place themselves above mankind, to...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 24, 2011 | Economics
One of the early signs of the pending economic collapse in 2007 and 2008 was a sharp drop in truck rental rates. As a result of the severe economic downturn the domestic truck fleet shrunk about 9%. New trucking regulations reduced the number of hours the drivers are...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 23, 2011 | Politics
Looking back for the last few years it is stunning to see how the Democrats squandered their power from the 2006-2008 victories. They misread their mandate and governed poorly; passing unpopular legislation using the most partisan means. The damage is far beyond the...
