Pre-Order Objective Economics: The Implications of Ayn Rand’s Philosophy on...
Professor Northrup Buechner has just completed Objective Economics: The Implications of Ayn Rand’s Philosophy on the Science of Economics. This book is written for any man who wants to know how a...
View ArticleShades of Atlas Shrugged: Government Motors “Chevy Volt” is Another Reason to...
Writes Patrick Michaels over at Forbes on the Chevy Volt: The Chevrolet Volt is beginning to look like it was manufactured by Atlas Shrugged Motors, where the government mandates everything politically...
View ArticleVideo: John Allison on Principled Leadership – Using Ayn Rand’s Values to...
The amazing, John Allison, who as chairman and CEO made BB&T Corporation the 10th largest financial institution headquartered in the United States, attributes the success of BB&T to the concept...
View Article“Baseline” Gimmick: “Cut” is in Reality a Lower Increase in Spending
Richard Salsman crunches the numbers at Forbes on the attempt to “cut” the size of the public debt: [...] Even the most “radical” GOP plan, to “cut” $9 trillion, would boost federal outlays by 30% in...
View ArticleReligious Freedom vs Economic Freedom: Kennedy Townsend’s False Alternative
Ms. Kennedy Townsend is very confused about Ayn Rand. Sadly, because like many of Rand’s critics, her views on Ayn Rand are based on third-rate biographies as opposed to actually reading Ayn Rand’s...
View ArticleInsight Into America’s Largest Ponzi Scheme
Writes Richard M. Salsman on Social Security is Much Worse Than a Ponzi Scheme – and Here’s How to End It: In recent debates GOP presidential rivals have been sparring on Social Security, with some...
View ArticleObama’s Christmas Tree Tax
Writes David S. Addington over at Heritage on Obama’s Christmas Tree Tax: President Obama’s Agriculture Department today announced that it will impose a new 15-cent charge on all fresh Christmas...
View ArticleCradle To Grave? Brook and Watkins on The “On Your Own” Economy
Write Yaron Brook and Don Watkins in The “On Your Own” Economy – Forbes: Are you bothered by the thought of government embedding itself in every aspect of your life? According to President Obama, the...
View ArticleDOLLAR: Binswanger Torpedoes Piketty
Thomas Piketty’s latest book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” has had its fair share of criticisms. The political right continues to bludgeon the latest critique of capitalism by challenging the...
View ArticleDOLLAR: New Book on the Business Cycle and a Free Market in Money and Banking
Dr. Brian P. Simpson, author of Markets Don’t Fail! (Lexington Books, 2005) and an economist at National University in San Diego, CA, has written a new book on the business cycle and a free monetary...
View ArticleAmy Peikoff Interview with John Allison
From Don’t Let It Go: At the top of the second hour of today’s show I’ll have the pleasure of interviewing John Allison, who is currently President and CEO of The Cato Institute, and formerly was the...
View ArticleThe Great Depression and the Role of Government Intervention
Don Watkins has an excellent article on The Great Depression and the Role of Government Intervention over at the Voices for Reason blog. Here is a brief summary: The Myth: An unregulated free market...
View ArticleSalsman: No Required Tradeoff Between Inflation Rate and Jobless Rate
It’s No Mystery Why the Fed Sees Low Inflation as a Mystery – The Daily Capitalist The Wall Street Journal reports that Fed head “Yellen Defends Fed Rate-Rise Plan Despite ‘Mystery’ of Low Inflation.”...
View ArticleThe Great Depression and the Role of Government Intervention
Don Watkins has an excellent article on The Great Depression and the Role of Government Intervention over at the Voices for Reason blog. Here is a brief summary: The Myth: An unregulated free market...
View ArticleSalsman: No Required Tradeoff Between Inflation Rate and Jobless Rate
It’s No Mystery Why the Fed Sees Low Inflation as a Mystery – The Daily Capitalist The Wall Street Journal reports that Fed head “Yellen Defends Fed Rate-Rise Plan Despite ‘Mystery’ of Low Inflation.”...
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