Economic, Financial and Political Analysis
The Conventional Wisdom Regarding The Selection Of Paul Ryan The selection of Paul Ryan was initially viewed by pundits as a highly risky one for the Romney campaign. So-called conventional wisdom, such that it is among the media elites, believes that Ryan’s stand on entitlements will drag down the Romney campaign. When “conventional” precedes “wisdom” [...]
A reader responds to The Noose Tightens on Your Healthcare: How timely. I am a physician, and I just received this e-mail from a 37 year old cardiologist friend of mine, one of the most caring and intelligent people I have ever met. Note the last sentence because people don’t realize how many MD’s are [...]
From DirectorBlue comes this analysis of Obama and the current budget: J. Wellington Wimpy — better known simply as “Wimpy” — was Popeye’s recurring sidekick in the long-running cartoon series. And Wimpy had a motto that could just as well be President Obama’s: “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today” As Cato explains, Obama’s budgets [...]
The nonsense of government and the notion that it can manage medical costs is discussed below by ThinkMarkets. Every society, no matter how rich, must deal with scarcity. It has always been so and always will be. If a good is in virtual unlimited supply, it is not an economic good in the sense that [...]
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