by Henry Oliner | Dec 22, 2020 | Politics, Progressivism
Political conditions today look similar to the dawn of progressivism. The original Progressive Era (1900-1920) addressed the concentration of economic power which threatened to influence the exercise of political power. The disparity in wealth on conspicuous display...
by Henry Oliner | Nov 1, 2017 | Economics, Politics
From my article in today’s American Thinker, Save the Swamp: If the per capita cost of government is x, then every deduction, credit, and tax benefit awarded to one party comes at the expense of another. The main function of lobbyists is to exploit their...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 19, 2017 | Politics, Progressivism
Once a government program is established to provide benefits to a prescribed group, there is soon to follow a movement to expand the definition of that group to include more people (voters). Lobbyists will form to expand the new institutionalized benefits. A portion...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 27, 2012 | Economics
Charles Murray writes in the Review section of the weekend Wall Street Journal, July 28-29/12, Why Capitalism Has an Image Problem. Excerpt: Two important changes in objective conditions have contributed to this change in mood. One is the rise of collusive capitalism....
by Henry Oliner | Jul 13, 2012 | Economics, Politics
In the discourse we now know as the class war, we see some of the same characteristics of prejudice applied to economic classes. We see the rich demonized. All of the wealthy are held accountable for the behavior of the worst among them, but are not credited with the...
