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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:01:30 -0800

Pinko
Here’s a letter that I sent yesterday to Fred Hochberg, President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States —...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:54:48 -0800

The Poor Get Richer
Steve Horwitz is on a roll! In this blog post, he presents Census Bureau data showing that America’s poor people...
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Henry Stern, LUTCF, CBC posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:20:00 -0800

Something Freezes Over: ObamaCare, Children Hardest Hit
There's little I can add to this insightful commentary by erstwhile Presidential candidate and spokesdoctor for the DNC:...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:43:05 -0800

The Science of Minimum-Wage Legislation
Guest-blogging over at a PBS site, Steve Horwitz pleads with Pres. Obama to pay less attention to witchcraft and more attention...
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Nathan Benefield posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:40:00 -0800

Pennsylvania Lawmakers to End Calendar Givewaways
ABC 27 reports that both the Pennsylvania House and Senate will not be printing calendars to give away this year (which...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:45:18 -0800

Krugman on the Attac
Here’s a letter that I just sent to the New York Times: Paul Krugman supports a “Tobin tax” as a means of...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:15:15 -0800

Taxe Tobin Maintenant!
Paul Krugman supports a Tobin tax. The Melbourne Business School’s Sam Wylie, at Core Economics, explains clearly one...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:02:51 -0800

Atlas Global Initiative for Free Trade, Peace, and Prosperity
The Atlas Foundation’s Tom Palmer works tirelessly to promote (true) liberalism and free markets around the world,...
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Henry Stern, LUTCF, CBC posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:03:00 -0800

This Sceptered Isle Part LXIV
Hundreds of patients may have died needlessly at an NHS hospital due to appalling standards of care, a damning report has...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:17:40 -0800

Law, Legislation, and Civil Disobedience
Until Cafe patron Annie sent me this link, I was unaware of this blog. But I very much like this blog post (which features...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:51:58 -0800

A Turkey of an Economic System
Suffolk University’s Ben Powell — a GMU economics PhD — reminds us why the pilgrims had reason to be...
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Henry Stern, LUTCF, CBC posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:01:00 -0800

A Special Thanksgiving Post
This year, we're participating in the 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Blog Rally for the Engage With Grace One Slide Project. The...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:43:58 -0800

Excellent Introduction to Hayek’s Thought
I’m delighted that Hayek’s 1973 Wincott Lecture is now available on-line. Here it is. (HT Richard Wellings of...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:23:13 -0800

Using The Price of Everything in class
Art Carden at Rhodes College is using my book, The Price of Everything, in his Econ 101 class. Here are some very nice...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:08:42 -0800

Playing with our money
Seekingexports comments on this post: Mr. Roberts, when you wrote “playing with our money” did you mean TARP funds...
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Henry Stern, LUTCF, CBC posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0800

Joe W was Right!
When Rep Joe Wilson (R-SC) called out PresBo regarding coverage for illegal aliens, he was castigated for his breach of...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:25:33 -0800

Heads they win, tails we lose
Bebchuk, Cohen, and Spamann show that even the losers at Bear and Lehman made a killing. They were playing with our money,...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:15:26 -0800

On Health Insurance
Here’s my latest column in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. (The 90-percent figure that I cite early on really should...
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Henry Stern, LUTCF, CBC posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:45:00 -0800

Health Care Reform: Doctors Notes
Dr. Kleaveland offers his views on health care reform. It is not a pretty sight, but we face off in a battle of dueling public...
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Nathan Benefield posted a blog entry

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:37:00 -0800

Legislating Prices for Legal Ads
What do you do when something costs too much? You don’t buy it. Or if you’re the state, you simply...
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Henry Stern, LUTCF, CBC posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:28:00 -0800

The Public Be Damned
Here’s an excerpt from a recent poll conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:"Asked how the health care overhaul...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:40:53 -0800

Climategate
This eleven-minute-long interview with climate scientist Pat Michaels reveals just how scientific the global-warming...
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RussRoberts posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:34:35 -0800

Good Deflation
George Selgin’s 1997 monograph (published by the IEA of London) Less Than Zero: The Case for a Falling Price Level in a...
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Nathan Benefield posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:33:00 -0800

Who Pays Pennsylvania's Personal Income Tax?
Pennsylvania has a flat rate Personal Income Tax (PIT) of 3.07%, which is a fair and simple distribution of taxation. Yet...
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Henry Stern, LUTCF, CBC posted a blog entry

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:14:00 -0800

Counter-Intuitive: RWJF and IB Agree
With unemployment currently north of 10% (some would say significantly so), it seems odd that the left-leaning Robert Wood...
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