Editor’s Note: “On the broadest level, Dr. Ritenour and I are both interested in the relationship between social conditions and human action. We are both advocates of free markets, believing that they contribute more to human thriving than other arrangements. We … Continue reading
Economics & Political Systems
Reflections on the GOP Pledge
Last week, 13 Republicans released a “Pledge to America.” What is most surprising to me is its length. At 21 pages, it was many times the length of the GOP’s hugely successful 1994 “Contract with America.” Why ditch a winning … Continue reading
Money and Freedom
Written by the administrative director of The Center for Vision & Values for WORLD Magazine. Read the article.
AUDIO — “Between the Covers” — Paul Kengor on DUPES
On September 21, the Executive Director of The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College, Dr. Paul Kengor, discussed his most recent book—“Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century”—on “Between the Covers,” with National Review … Continue reading
A Dose of “Capitalism and Freedom”
It has been almost 50 years since Milton Friedman, Nobel economist, released his classic, Capitalism and Freedom. The book has slowly slipped from my course syllabus, not to mention that of the political elite. And why not? What Friedman said … Continue reading
Where Have You Gone, Ludwig von Mises? Considering Mises: "The Last Knight of Liberalism"
Washington’s stunning economic power grabs—healthcare centralization, Keynesian fiscal stimulus, and Federal Reserve bailouts—are creating an unintended consequence: an increasing demand for freedom literature. Exhibit A would have to be F.A. Hayek’s 66-year-old Road to Serfdom’s recently hitting number one for … Continue reading
The Public Employee Union Scam
Guest Commentary Editor’s note: This article first appeared through the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland, Mich. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided that the author and the Center … Continue reading
35 Years Ago: When Ford Snubbed Solzhenitsyn
Editor’s note: A lengthier version of this article first appeared in The American Spectator. It was 35 years ago that the conservative movement found itself in a defining moral struggle not with the liberal Left but with the establishment wing … Continue reading
Celebrating Economic Warfare
Written by the administrative director of The Center for Vision & Values for WORLD Magazine. Read the article.
The Creator Principle
Written by the administrative director of The Center for Vision & Values for WORLD Magazine. Read the article.
Taxing Transportation
Not long ago, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell toured the state to highlight its crisis in transportation funding. He called on the General Assembly to resolve the crisis this year. In May, the State Transportation Advisory Committee estimated that the state … Continue reading
Understanding “Austerity”
Editor’s Note: A longer version of this article first appeared in American Thinker. A couple of years ago, the terms “too big to fail” and “bailout” were the trendy buzzwords. Currently, the “in” word seems to be “austerity.” On both sides … Continue reading
The Federal Reserve’s Historic Announcement
Guest Commentary Mark it down. At 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, August 10, 2010, the U.S. Federal Reserve made a historic announcement. It signaled that the central bank was going to “preserve the size of its balance sheet.” The announcement didn’t … Continue reading
Rethinking the Corporate Income Tax
It is hard to find anything positive to say about the corporate income (i.e., profits) tax. Economists across the ideological spectrum agree that the corporate profits tax is woefully inefficient: 1) It warps corporate decision making, inducing expenditures made only … Continue reading
Global Warming—The Big Picture: A Review of Brian Sussman’s “Climategate”
“Climategate: A Veteran Meteorologist Exposes the Global Warming Scam” By Brian Sussman | WND Books (April 22, 2010) | 240 pp. | List Price: $25.95Climategate is thorough, knowledgeable, timely, and very well written. I have been reading about global warming … Continue reading
Geithner Versus the Bush Tax Cuts
I’m now convinced that the Obama administration is placing its political agenda above policies that would contribute to the economic recovery that millions of Americans so desperately need. That agenda includes bringing more economic activity under government control, making more … Continue reading
Government Stimulus: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
The President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) has released its most recent quarterly report on the effects of President Obama’s stimulus plan. Not surprisingly, the CEA praises this monumental Keynesian scheme, crediting the stimulus for saving or creating 3.6 million … Continue reading
More Lessons from History: How Obamanomics May Play Out
The grand lesson of the 20th century is that Big Government retards economic progress. The evidence of this lesson goes beyond the socialist countries and their dramatic economic failures.
Three Neglected Economic Lessons from American History
In most, if not all, states, pupils must pass a course in American history to receive a high-school diploma. Unfortunately, when it comes to our country’s economic history, most students are poorly taught, perhaps wrongly taught. Mythology and error prevail … Continue reading
The Blood of the Tea Party
I’ve never participated in a Tea Party rally. My natural habitat is a classroom or behind a keyboard. That said, I’ve had a lot of contact with Tea Party people, and, of course, I hear the angry charges from those … Continue reading