In yet another attempt at jump starting the economy, the Federal Reserve’s latest major stimulus action, known as QE3, is likely to have less effect on the housing market than Fed Chairman Ben Bernake would hope.
QE3, shorthand for the third “quantitative… Continue reading
I must be the most ill-informed political blogger there is out there right now, at least when it comes to current events. Oh how things change… where I once had my finger on the pulse of the political zeitgeist, here… Continue reading
The letter from the German authorities caught my attention. Mostly because it was asking for a bunch of money, but also because of what was going on back home in the U.S.
The letter was to inform me that, because… Continue reading
Ryan and I are back at it. Ryan Swift, the writer of An Economic Zeitgeist and myself, author of Economic Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics have teamed up to put together another book for your reading pleasure: Confessions of Amateur… Continue reading
Russ Roberts, who hosts the brilliant EconTalk, talks with John Taylor about the extremely slow recovery to our current recession and how that doesn’t match up with previous recessions. Previous recessions and recoveries have been either deep and brisk… Continue reading
When David Vranicar sent me an email requesting I review his new book, The Lost Graduation, it didn’t take a lot of hair pulling. You see, David is a 2008 college graduate from Regis University in Denver. I am… Continue reading
I came across a fantastic article a while back by Roderick T. Long titled “How Government Solved the Health Care Crisis: Medical Insurance that Worked - Until Government “Fixed” It.”
As it begins:
Today, we are constantly being told,… Continue reading
Sorry if I’m late with this one, but it’s still worth it. And you thought only Republicans said stupid things:
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…The government is your friend, like your government, it’s here to help you, we all belong to it, it owns us, but is friendly so don’t worry.
I always find it funny when Democrats make fun of Republicans for being… Continue reading
