by Henry Oliner | Jul 30, 2013 | Economics
From Defining Ideas from the Hoover Journal, Obama’s Middle Class Malaise, by Richard Epstein: excerpts: The President, who has never worked a day in the private sector, has no systematic view of the way in which businesses operate or economies grow. He never...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 28, 2013 | Business
From Derek Hunter in Townhall, Detroit: My City Was Gone Excerpt: Mayor Young, first elected in 1974, was the first black mayor of Detroit. He entered office with all the promise that could bring to a city nearly 50 percent black. The city was hurting, but it was...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 28, 2013 | Politics, Uncategorized
Jeff Jacoby writes There oughta be a law? Don’t be so sure Excerpt: Boehner rejected the planted axiom that making laws makes lawmakers productive. “We should not be judged on how many new laws we create,” he said. “We ought to be judged on how...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 28, 2013 | Economics
From John Cochrane at his blog The Grumpy Economist, Are we prepared for the next financial crisis? It is a 17 minute video of several modern economist including Cochrane discussing the financial system’s current risk. Cochrane two main points are that the...
by Henry Oliner | Jul 28, 2013 | Media
It is interesting how ill informed so much of the coverage is of the Zimmerman case. More of this from Reason Magazine, Zimmerman Backlash Continues Thanks to Media Misinformation by Cathy Young. Excerpts: This narrative has perpetuated the lie that Zimmerman’s...
