by Henry Oliner | Mar 31, 2012 | Health Care
Mark Steyn writes in National Review Online, Swinging Kennedy,The liberties of more than 300 million people hinge on just one man , 3/31/12. Steyn ponders how we arrived at a point where one of the most controversial pieces of legislation, passed on almost a purely...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 31, 2012 | Economics
Government economists justify stimulus as an effort to reinforce demand when the private demand volume is insufficient to maintain growth. But demand varies by industry and is often only a partial explanation of the incentive to invest. Stimulus policies assume that...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 30, 2012 | Economics
At The National Review Online, Deroy Murdock writes Minimum Wage: $100 Per Hour? Don’t be small-minded, America. 3/26/12 Excerpt: This super-stimulus would propel America’s GDP to Himalayan heights. A $100-per-hour minimum wage would give America’s 133 million workers...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 28, 2012 | Economics
Economist Scott Grannis hits a home run in his blog, Calafia Beach Pundit in The natural forces of recovery, 3/28/12 This post is worthy in every sentence and is hard to excerpt. Please read it in its entirety. Still, excerpts: Businesses have cut staff in order to...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 28, 2012 | Economics, Law
Investor’s Business Daily Thomas Sowell writes Obscure Court Decision Gives Government Sweeping Power, 3/26/12. Excerpt: Roscoe Filburn was an Ohio farmer who grew some wheat to feed his family and some farm animals. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture fined him...
