by Henry Oliner | Jun 2, 2012 | Economics, Politics
The editors of the Wall Street Journal write An Economy Built to Stall- With a third slowdown in three years, maybe the problem is the policies. 6/12/2012 Excerpt: Maybe Milton Friedman was right that “temporary, targeted” tax cuts don’t change the...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 29, 2010 | Politics
I do not pretend to speak for the other voters. I was fortunate to be traveling during much of October so I missed most of the trash and noise masquerading as campaign information. I truly do not care about college pranks, high school indiscretions, or even...
by Henry Oliner | Jan 5, 2010 | Business, Politics
Sometimes optimism and contrarianism can complement each other. Here is a thought. The health care bill is so unpopular and causing such outrage that other damaging proposals like the Union Card Check bill and Cap and Trade may have no opportunity at all. By staking...
by Henry Oliner | Dec 2, 2009 | Business, Economics
One of my colleagues in the steel business has closed his business. Like our business his was started by his father in 1955. Ours was started in 1956. He had about the same number of employees (70) a year ago as we did. As he stated in his press release he was...
by Henry Oliner | Oct 6, 2009 | Anti Semitism, Business, Economy
One of the most intriguing concepts of economics is the concept of “moral hazard.” It is a corollary to a more obvious principle that everything has a cost. An understanding of it is critical for those whose world view is a never-ending series of crisis...
