by Henry Oliner | Mar 16, 2014 | Politics
From James Taranto at the Wall Street Journal, Speak of the Devil: On the ridiculous side, the Washington Free Beacon reports on an anti-Koch protest over the weekend staged by a pair of unions, the New York State Nurses Association and the Service Employees...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 22, 2014 | Politics
“The alliances and relationships formed between public officials and private interests may at first seem counter-intuitive. A company may give more campaign money to a potentially hostile legislator than to a friendly one, in order to forestall trouble. For example,...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 9, 2011 | Economics, Taxes
Preaching that this is not class warfare generally precedes a volley in the self destructive attacks on the wealthy. It is like the shyster who precedes a dishonest act with “trust me.” There was some news of some of the protesters on Wall Street being paid to...
by Henry Oliner | Apr 7, 2011 | Economics
There are three rules often missing in economic analysis. What works in one quantity does not necessarily work in another quantity. What worked in one time period may not work in another time period. What works in the short term may not work in the long term. The...
by Henry Oliner | Mar 9, 2011 | Politics
When the Constitution was written and adopted it carefully balanced the need for a strong central government with the need to restrict the power of the central government. It’s genius is in striking that balance. Rights were addressed in the form of protection of...
