…that he gave today in Washington: The long-term strategy of this government is to spread freedom around the world. And I believe — I told you, a free Iraq will…
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Free Advice for Clark DISCLAIMER: FESTER IS A DEAN SUPPORTER, so take this piece as you wish Josh Marshall in his pre-New Hampshire travelling post lays out a pretty good…
…and the United States are not willing to face global competition on fair terms. So agriculture remains the hypocritical asterisk to our fervent free-trade and free-enterprise creed. … Worse, the…
Even the Pro-Free Trade Paul Krugman Via Matt Yglesias, Paul Krugman offers some thoughts that I think a fair number of Angry Bear readers will agree with: First and foremost,…
…a free or heavily subsidized phone, a bunch of frequent flyer miles, and so on. So consumers still benefit from competition in markets with lock-in, but it comes in a…
Fodder For a Great Blog Post
I received the following email from Dan Crawford last evening: Fwd: Blog Post Idea: SCOTUS Must Protect Free Speech in Ohio and Beyond Is this interesting? ———- Forwarded message…
Paul Krugman is wrong; Obama DOES need to discuss Keynesian economics in his State of the Union address. Here’s why.
…of false fact. In law, it is words, phrases and concepts such as freedom, liberty, viewpoint coercion, matters of public concern, First Amendment rights to free speech and free association…
Town Governments Are People, My Friend.
…religious majority’s right to freely practice their religion under the First Amendment’s free exercise clause. The Alliance has successfully defended freedom. The decision “not only protects the ability of the…
NY Fed’s Bogus Estimate of Return on College and Brookings Institute Misses the Student Loan Crisis
…citizens are inculcated to view the social order through the lens of markets.” There are reasons not to use Fair Market Valuation of student loans which I will get into…
Third Way trade agreements study leaves out a lot
Third Way (h/t TPM), a Democratic pro-trade think tank, has released a new study, “Are Modern Trade Deals Working?” It examines the various “free trade” deals the U.S. has signed…
