by Henry Oliner | Nov 28, 2018 | Business, Politics, Progressivism
from Kevin Williamson at National Review, The Bailouts at Ten: I Told You So Never mind the moral hazard, the rent-seeking, the cronyism and the favoritism, and all of the inevitable corruption that inevitably accompanies multibillion-dollar sweetheart deals between...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 12, 2013 | Business
Ezra Klein writes in The Washington Post, Derek Khanna wants you to be able to unlock your cellphone, 3/9/13 Excerpt: There’s a difference between being the party of free markets and the party of existing businesses. Excessively tough copyright law is good for big...
by Henry Oliner | Jun 12, 2011 | Economics, Politics
The CEO of General Motors wants to tax gasoline an additional $1.00 a gallon. Let’s think about that. The higher the price of gasoline the less one drives a car, and the less one drives a car then the less one needs a car and the less cars are sold. So now the CEO...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 9, 2010 | Economics
The government has spent trillions to stimulate the economy. Interest rates are at a record low. Yet American businesses are sitting on top of trillions of dollars of cash, reluctant to spend any of it to grow or hire. Does stimulus not work? The theory is that...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 28, 2010 | Business, Israel, Politics, Random
Random thoughts GM’s effort to target Toyota’s customers in the midst of their record recall notice seems in poor taste, especially in light of the record amount of taxpayer money that is now supporting GM. This is like the arrogant rich kid who brags...
