Mitch Kokai has a great interview with Amity Shlaes on her wonderful book "The Forgotten Man," which is a public choice treatment of the Great Depression. For those of us ... Keep Reading
Income and Wealth
Government Failure and MFs
Josh Hendrickson clarifies "market fundamentalism" (MF) and explains why it's not so much that MFs believe markets don't fail (although we have to define failure), but ... Keep Reading
“C” is for Contemptible Cow
Boundreaux today:Although de rigueur among "progressives," Jim Salvucci is mistaken to describes bourgeois values as "empty" and consumerism as ... Keep Reading
The Poor Get Richer, and the Rich Get Poorer
The Wall Street Journal comments on a recently released US Treasury Department study that examines income mobility in the US over the last decade. Not surprising to those of us who ... Keep Reading
Middle Class, Moving Targets
One from Boudreaux:1. Judith Warner writes that "More and more people are being priced out of a middle class existence" ("The Clinton Surprise," October ... Keep Reading
Subsidizing the Non-Poor
In light of the outing of the Democrat's S-CHIP poster child (more about which you can read here), we should pause to consider all the ways in which taxpayers are asked to ... Keep Reading
Coverage Isn’t Out of Reach
So writes Max in his op-ed than runs in today's News & Observer about the SCHIP expansion bill. Read it here. ... Keep Reading
Turner’s Teaser
Steve Turner's teaser follow-up at the Progessive Pulse is worth a read, and the comment section is happening. Check it out. This is a long overdue conversation between market ... Keep Reading
The Poverty of “Poverty”
Being poor sure ain't what it used to be. Consider this from a report by Heritage:To understand poverty in America, it is important to look behind these [census] numbers—to look at ... Keep Reading
Feel free to move there anytime
Rob Scofield over at NC Policy Watch once again professes his love of high taxes and big government. Following his laughable assertion that two of this nation's most heavily ... Keep Reading
