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Keynesian Economics Explained

Keynesian Economics Explained

Mark W. Hendrickson wrote a piece on Keynesian Economics in American Thinker today. It is an excellent read for fans or opponents of Keynes. Even better for those who want [...]

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Wisdom: Friedman on Socialized Medicine

Wisdom: Friedman on Socialized Medicine

Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Milton Friedman on Socialized Medicine. From a talk given at the Mayo Clinic in 1978. Although over 30 years old and focused on the [...]

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Tribute to Martin Luther King

Tribute to Martin Luther King

I meant to get this up for Martin Luther King day but was not able to obtain permission from the author in time. Still worth listening to:  mlk-1 The site [...]

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International Currency System Nearing a Breaking Point

International Currency System Nearing a Breaking Point

The strains on the International monetary system are increasing. This system was never sustainable. It replaced a system that had broken down. And that system had replaced another phony international [...]

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America Without a Middle Class

Elizabeth Warren is currently the Chairwoman of the Congressional Oversight Panel and Professor of Law at Harvard. She has an excellent article on Huffington Post regarding the possibility that America [...]

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Keynes, The Man

Keynes, The Man

Murray Rothbard‘s paper presents an unflattering portrait of  John Maynard Keynes. For history or econ-geeks only. Share/Save Download article as PDF

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Thanks American Thinker (and Dr. Blinder)

Thanks American Thinker (and Dr. Blinder)

Yesterday I posted an analysis of Dr. Alan Blinder‘s  job creation proposal on American Thinker and then updated and reposted it here. As someone relatively new to “blogging,” I am [...]

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Wisdom: Mises on Business Crises

Wisdom: Mises on Business Crises

Image via Wikipedia “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit (debt) expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come [...]

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Econ 301: Macroeconomics - Differences in Approach

Econ 301: Macroeconomics – Differences in Approach

Image by m.a.r.k via Flickr Econ 301 are for Economics geeks only. The following post appeared on the website Taking Hayek Seriously. It deals with the sub-set of economics known [...]

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Econ 201: Edmund Phelps Comments

Econ 201: Edmund Phelps Comments

In a Financial Times piece, Edmund Phelps, Nobel laureate in Economics in 2006 states: The gravest error of the phony debate between two non-starters is that their superficial and mechanical [...]

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Today's Wisdom: Economics vs Politics

Today’s Wisdom: Economics vs Politics

Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia “Economics and politics confront the same fundamental problem: What everyone wants adds up to more than there is. Market economies deal with this problem [...]

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Dilbert on the Economy

Dilbert on the Economy

Dilbert agains shows that he has more forecasting ability than most Nobel laureate economists: Share/Save Download article as PDF

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