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The Stockman’s Big Swinging Whip

…history. In some places he agrees, but many he does not. Here Stockman appears to blame the state’s interference in free markets, and Warren correctly notes that the “freemarket

AIG bailout not a free lunch

James Tilson and Robert E. Prasch follow the money at New Economic Perspectives regarding the AIG bailout and a more accurate sense of costs. “If it’s too good to be…

The Brute Economics of Slavery

…of, and most literal sense of “rent-seeking.” The process is that, starting with a free population, by taxation or other forms of indebtedness, the freedom of the common people is…

Not all of Europe is in free-fall

Rebecca Wilder Poland: the bull of eastern and central Europe. While most of central and eastern Europe are either defending exchange rate pegs – this limits the ability to stimulate…

First Result of the Bailout: Less Free Capital

Alea notes TAF results: Total propositions submitted: $138.092 billion Total propositions accepted: $138.092 billion Bid/cover ratio: 0.92 Number of bidders: 71 The auction in question was supposed to be a…