Economic principles
Sunday, April 1, 2007Unleashing Capitalism in West VirginiaNew WV think tank publishes 237-page roadmap for prosperity Filed As: Budget and Tax, Economic principles, Employment, GeneralIn March, the Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia published its first book, Unleashing Capitalism: Why Prosperity Stops at the West Virginia Border and How to Fix It. This 14 chapter, 237-page roadmap suggests specific free market policy reforms that would promote long-run economic growth ... more »»
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Monday, March 19, 2007Idiotic LawsFiled As: Economic principlesYou've heard about laws against driving a dog down Main Street and all that? Such follies are not mere historical legacies; they're being considered even today. In Minnesota, for example, one proposed law would prohibit the ... more »»
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Monday, February 12, 2007P. J. O’Rourke in Chicago, PhoenixFiled As: Economic principles, Events, GeneralLove liberty, laughing and lunch? Catch the Cato Institute, February 22, in Chicago, or the Goldwater Institute in Phoenix on March 7, to hear political pundit ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007Do You Now or Have You Ever Owned a Chinese-Made Teddy Bear?Filed As: Economic principlesFoolish thinking about international trade is certainly not limited to the federal level. State politicians can get caught up in it too, as Richard Burr notes for the Detroit News. Michigan, with its ongoing more »»
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Friday, May 11, 2007High Gas Prices? Politicians Cause Problems, then ComplainSummertime driving will bring complaints Filed As: Budget and Tax, Economic principles, GeneralWe're still a few weeks away from summertime driving, when complaints about "price gouging" will bloom. But just who is doing the gouging? Supply and demand rule, but governments intrude through a variety of means, pushing up prices even more. Taxes Start with ... more »»
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Monday, April 30, 2007Marketing the Free Society VisionThe foundation of markets: Private voluntary exchange, not profit Filed As: Economic principlesWithout fail, I hear “markets” or “free markets” defined by terms revolving around money, usually profit, property rights and/or buyers and sellers. Such definitions, I argue, leave out a key part of what constitute markets, and thus make it more difficult than it should be to sell ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007A Tax on Height?Filed As: Economic principlesGreg Mankiw and Matthew Weinzierl propose a tax on height (get the full study here). It has more advanced statistics and a ... more »»
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Friday, April 13, 2007Government Employees Don’t Pay TaxesFiled As: Budget and Tax, Economic principlesAs the April 15 tax filing deadline looms, I ask: Do government employees pay taxes? My answer: No. As a rule, their paychecks come from money taken from private sector individuals and organizations through taxation. Thus, when a public servant “pays” taxes, they are merely passing along taxes ... more »»
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Monday, April 23, 2007Why Earth and All Days Keep Getting BetterApplauding technological advancements in the airline industry Filed As: Economic principles, General, TransportationThis past Saturday I visited an Earth Day celebration. I shall skip commenting on the disposable cups and electrified bands. More importantly, that afternoon I read about Boeing’s new Dreamliner plane, which exemplifies why even better Earth days are to come. A March 24 Oregonian editorial ... more »»
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Monday, April 9, 2007Are we all Supply-Siders now?Filed As: Budget and Tax, Economic principlesMilton Friedman once remarked, "we are all Keynesians now." In a more »»
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