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July 2009

July 07, 2009

Why did economists miss the economic meltdown?

Economics columnist Robert J. Samuelson raises a good question: Why did virtually all economists of...

June 2009

June 29, 2009

The House passes climate cap-and-trade bill

The House passed a bill, now to go to the Senate, to purify the climate....

June 24, 2009

Why the Chrysler dealers are angry

More details on why the Chrysler dealers who found their franchises taken away from them...

June 23, 2009

Anti-capitalist capitalists

Jonah Goldberg on why big business doesn't want capitalism: The coup de grâce of capitalism’s...

June 22, 2009

Towards a government-run health care system

It had occurred to me that if the government runs a cheaper insurance program than...

June 19, 2009

Welfare breakthrough

The L.A. Times tells of a revolutionary idea that will save millions in welfare costs:...

June 19, 2009

Reverse Okies

A lot of us Oklahomans have tied the mattresses to the top of our cars...

June 17, 2009

Recovery before stimulus

The world's leading economic powers, the G-8 nations, are trying to reverse the stimulus measures...

June 12, 2009

The socialism question

Jonah Goldberg asks why liberals laugh indignantly when conservatives say that President Obama's economic policies...

June 10, 2009

Pay-as-you-go

From Obama proposes making 'pay-as-you-go' the law - CNN.com: President Obama on Tuesday proposed making...

June 09, 2009

Auto Dealers

Auto dealers are pleading with Congress--their companies' new board of directors--for mercy, now that Chrysler...

June 08, 2009

Europe chooses conservatives

As America embraces European-style social democracy--that is, semi-socialism--Europeans are embracing conservative politics and economic policies....

June 05, 2009

Our new Special Master for Compensation

The Wall Street Journal reports White House Set to Appoint a Pay Czar: The Obama...

June 05, 2009

The new American auto industry

The only major American auto company not owned by the state--that would be Ford--is doing...

June 03, 2009

What would Romney do?

Mitt Romney, the conservative hope for many Republicans, wants to go even further down the...

June 02, 2009

What will the government do with its car companies?

The federal government will soon be assuming ownership of both GM and Chrysler, leaving only...

May 2009

May 28, 2009

Business and the rule of law

Bernie Marcus, one of the founders of Home Depot, is worried that the rule of...

May 20, 2009

The government will buy GM

When General Motors goes into bankruptcy, its healthy assets will be bought by a new...

May 18, 2009

Italian-American cars

So when Fiat owns Chrysler, does that mean that if I want to buy American,...

May 12, 2009

State capitalism

George F. Will reports on what sounds like a significant article by Ian Bremmer in...

May 05, 2009

Rich people’s guilt

According to this article, people earning $500,000 or more make up only 10% of households,...

April 2009

April 29, 2009

Pontiac blues

I am lamenting the end of the Pontiac line, as GM sheds brands in an...

April 24, 2009

Rod Rosenbladt testimonials

This week I had a couple of posts on New Reformation Press, which advertises on...

April 24, 2009

China’s economic model catching on in the world

The old way of global domination was through military conquest. Now a country can take...

April 23, 2009

Credit card reform

After great effort, we paid down one of our credit cards by half. Whereupon we...

April 23, 2009

The recession and abortion

According to Reuters, the recession may beincreasing the number of abortions: The recession may be...

April 17, 2009

The New Foundation

More in our ongoing series on the language of the new administration. . . .FDR...

April 16, 2009

Socialism shoots up in the polls

From The Washington Post: According to a Rasmussen poll released last week, 37 percent of...

April 08, 2009

White House helping companies evade its own laws

The Obama administration is setting up middle-men organizations to help bailed-out companies evade the restrictions...

April 07, 2009

Inflation as a strategy

According to the Washington Post, the chief of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, is working...