Did Glass-Steagall Produce Sixty Years of Prosperity?
That’s giving too much credit to one law.
Free Market Fundamentalist
Free Market Fundamentalist is an Atlantic Sentinel blog with an exaggerated faith in laissez-faire capitalism.
Obama Tells Businessowners: You Didn’t Build That
The president seems to believe that businesses can only succeed if the government helps them.
Republicans Are Not Sabotaging the Recovery
Because Republicans don’t want to do Democratic policies doesn’t mean they’re sabotaging the economic recovery.
Obamacare May Be Constitutional, It’s Still Wrong
The Supreme Court is the United States’ final arbiter on the constitutionality of laws, not on morality.
The Suspense is Killing Western Economies
It’s not a lack of stimulus that is holding the recovery back. It’s the uncertainty, stupid!
Central Planning Doesn’t Work in America Either
The left still believes that “experts” can run the economy when they fail all the time.
The “Giant Placebo” That is Monetary Stimulus
The Federal Reserve is not preparing another round of quantitative easing but not planning a reversal in policy either.
The Horror! Mitt Romney Believes in the Free Market
Columnist E.J. Dionne can hardly believe it. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney believes that capitalism works.
Beyond the Mandate: The Mess That’s Obamacare
There are many practical problems with President Barack Obama’s health reform law.
Britain Needs a Bolder Austerity Agenda for Growth
For all the talk of “reckless” spending cuts, the British state is still the greatest impediment to job creation.
Bernanke’s Money Printing Spree Continues
The Federal Reserve keeps interest rates near zero and continues to pump billions of dollars into the economy.
Obama Offers No Fresh Hope of Fiscal Consolidation
The president says he is prepared to make the “tough choices”. Again.
Ethanol Subsidies Die
Finally, Congress expired the tax credit for ethanol blenders along with a tariff on Brazilian ethanol imports.
Have a Commercial Christmas!
The Pope would rather we look beyond the holiday’s “superficial glitter” and find meaning in the simplicity of Christ’s birth.
US Government Considers Gas Export Restrictions
Energy producers want to export American gas but manufacturers are critical because they rely on cheap domestic gas.