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U.S. Sends Bulls to Russia, Bad Economics Jokes Ensue

{ Posted on Feb 01 2012 by Katherine Mangu-Ward }
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This Washington Post story about the planned importation of U.S. bulls to Russia... Twenty-nine black-and-white aspiring sires have set hoof in Russia, part of the first export of live Virginia Holstein bulls to that country, Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) announced last week. Thirty more will head there ...Read More »

The Glories of Capitalism

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by A. Barton Hinkle }
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The glories of free-market capitalism are capacious. It has lifted hundreds of millions of people from bare subsistence to astonishing wealth. It has given us life-saving medical marvels, grocery shelves groaning with plenty, and phones that let you dial long-distance in the middle of ...Read More »

Why Wash Post’s Dana Milbank is the Fed’s Ultimate Lapdog; Plus, Correction of the Decade!

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Nick Gillespie }
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Miami Herald columnist and Reason contributor Glenn Garvin takes a look at the Washington Post's Dana Milbank and his bizarro coverage of the Federal Reserve: When it comes to the Fed, the press plays more like one of those toy poodles that sits in your ...Read More »

Obama’s Flawed Case for Insourcing

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Shikha Dalmia }
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President Barack Obama declared in his State of the Union address that the U.S. has a major opportunity to bring manufacturing back and fight unemployment. “Tonight, my message to business leaders is simple: Ask yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to ...Read More »

Class Size Doesn’t Matter, Plus Charter Schools as Laboratories of Education

{ Posted on Jan 30 2012 by Katherine Mangu-Ward }
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There are good charter schools and bad charter schools. But even the bad charter schools can do good, because they provide data. One of the underplayed benefits of broad national experimentation with charter schools is that having lots of schools trying lots of different educational ...Read More »

Reason Writers on Stossel: Matt Welch Talks State of the Union and Bailout Economics on Fox Business Network

{ Posted on Jan 30 2012 by Economics }
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On Thursday, Jan. 26, Reason Editor in Chief Matt Welch appeared on Fox Business Network's Stossel program, along with The Atlantic's Megan McArdle, to discuss Obamanomics in the year 2012. Around six minutes: Read More »

Elizabeth Warren Earns $429,000, Worth Millions but Not Part of 1 Percent

{ Posted on Jan 30 2012 by Nick Gillespie }
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There's rich and there's really rich. As the poet and well-paid insurance executive Wallace Stevens supposedly once said, "There's a difference between appreciating art and owning it." So take pity on Harvard's Elizabeth Warren, the scold of the 1 Percent who is currently running for ...Read More »

Obama’s Bogus Case for Tax Fairness

{ Posted on Jan 27 2012 by Sheldon Richman }
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In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night President Obama played the fairness card in calling for higher taxes on upper-income people. He said: [W]e need to change our tax code so that people like me, and an awful lot of Members of ...Read More »

The Political Cowardice of Barack Obama

{ Posted on Jan 27 2012 by Steven Greenhut }
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Now, a return to the American values of fair play and shared responsibility will help protect our people and our economy. But it should also guide us as we look to pay down our debt and invest in our future.—President Barack Obama, State ...Read More »

What Are the Best Books About Austrian Economics?

{ Posted on Jan 24 2012 by Damon W. Root }
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At The Browser’s great Five Books interview series, George Mason University economist Peter Boettke recommends some important works written from the perspective of Austrian economics. Not surprisingly, the names Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek figure prominently in his list. Here’s a snippet from the ...Read More »
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