Opinion

VP Biden: “We misread the economy” and other lies

Asked by This Week’s George Stephanopoulos about the Obama Administration’s terrible economic prognostications in advance of passage of the $787 billion “stimulus” spending...

Thomas R. Eddlem July 7, 2009

Free Bernie Madoff? That’s a Little Too Much

Thomas R. Eddlem July 5, 2009

The Ludwig von Mises Institute’s Jeffrey Tucker recently published a column entitled "Free Bernie Madoff," in which he makes the case for freeing...

California’s Economic Implosion

William F. Jasper July 3, 2009

California, the "Golden State," is not golden anymore. It has the biggest debt, the biggest budget deficit, the lowest bond rating, and (arguably)...

Calif. Bonds Totter as State Issues IOUs

William F. Jasper July 3, 2009

Back in February, California politicians and taxpayers received a wake-up call, but, apparently, the alarm wasn't loud enough to wake them. ...

Obama Wants Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Charles Scaliger July 2, 2009

The Obama administration on June 30 unveiled its latest attempt to put an end to the free market in financial services in the...

Judge Napolitano’s Dred Scott’s Revenge

Patrick Krey June 26, 2009

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano is the host of the Fox News online show Freedom Watch (which might soon be televised) and also is...

Whither the Dollar?

Charles Scaliger June 26, 2009

As the fallout from the global financial crisis continues, the burning question in international financial circles is whether the U. S. dollar, the...

Federal Reserve Hiring Lobbyist for Political War

Thomas R. Eddlem June 8, 2009

The Federal Reserve caused the current economic crisis by suppressing interest rates and creating the housing bubble, Texas Congressman Ron Paul, Euro Pacific...

Interest Cost of New Federal Debt Skyrockets

Thomas R. Eddlem June 1, 2009

The Obama administration’s efforts to borrow the U.S. economy into prosperity are meeting more and more skepticism on Wall Street as investors in...

Nurturing the Great Depression

May 29, 2009

With all eyes on the precarious global economy, 20th-century economic history has never been more relevant. Interpretations of the defining economic episode of...

Amnesty International Releases 2009 Report

Steven J. DuBord May 29, 2009

Amnesty International has released their 2009 report on “The State of the World’s Human Rights.” Dealing with topics ranging from “abuses by armed...

Obama’s IMF Sneak Attack

William F. Jasper May 26, 2009

A hundred and eight billion dollars — $108,000,000,000. Not exactly an eye-popping sum anymore, in an era of multi-trillion-dollar annual budgets and multi-trillion-dollar...

Keynesians and Kahnsians Populate D.C.

Jack Kenny May 26, 2009

Neoconservatism, Pat Buchanan has written, is “the Arian heresy of the American right.” The Arians denied the humanity of Jesus, disputing the “Hypostatic...