Topic: Government

Communicating Economics to Young People

– December 15, 2022

“Among the most satisfying of my professional duties as an economics educator is communicating, mostly by email, with students from around the country, and sometimes from abroad, about economics and liberalism.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

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What We Owe The Future: A Review

– December 15, 2022

“We owe the future the chance to unfold as it will, free from the fetters of arbitrary authority which presumes to know what is ‘good’ for it.” ~ Paul Schwennesen

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The Federal Reserve’s Expanding Mandate (Video)

– December 14, 2022

“In this video, Kate Wand sat down with AIER Senior Research Faculty Thomas Hogan to discuss the Federal Reserve’s expanding objectives and how they affect its ability to conduct monetary policy.” ~ AIER

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Ocean Shipping’s Effect on Inflation was Negligible

– December 14, 2022

“High shipping prices have had a provably inconsequential effect on the general price level over the past two years. Expansionary monetary policies remain the prime culprit for the high prices and other economic distortions that persist in the US economy.” ~ Peter C. Earle

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Who Committed PPP Fraud?

– December 14, 2022

“Rather than use the misconduct of four companies to lash out at an entire industry, Congress should acknowledge how the government itself facilitated fraud in the PPP.” ~ Nicholas Anthony

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CBDC in the USA: Not Now, Not Ever

– December 13, 2022

“The fact that the New York Fed, in conjunction with a handful of private banks, has implemented a ‘pilot’ program with digital tokens is worrying enough. Under no circumstances should we allow the government to roll out a CBDC.” ~ Alexander William Salter

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Reddy or Not, Winter Is Coming

– December 13, 2022

“Any time, but especially in the depths of the cold, electricity consumers must still be able to count on electricity ‘always there/with lots of power to spare’ as they have for 100 years.” ~ Jon Sanders

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These Are the Good Old Days

– December 13, 2022

“We shouldn’t ground our political views on the shifting sands of flawed, emotional recollections. And we shouldn’t empower politicians who have so little respect for us that they think we will fall for these stories.” ~ Solomon D. Stevens

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Economic Freedom Matters for Intergenerational Income Mobility

– December 12, 2022

“The underappreciated role of economic freedom and institutions in the determination of intergenerational income mobility is probably one of the most problematic omissions of the literature on income mobility. ” ~ Vincent Geloso

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Are Free Traders Guilty of Naïve Globalism?

– December 12, 2022

“Free trade does indeed enrich the world. But it also, and chiefly, enriches the people of each country that practices it, regardless of the policies pursued elsewhere.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

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Economics and the Art of Education

– December 12, 2022

“Van Gogh sought through his art to throw open the prison doors and liberate those trapped in a mode of life that regards others strictly in terms of economic value.” ~ Richard Gunderman

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Protectionism in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Harms Consumers and Domestic Industries

– December 11, 2022

“The only jobs protected are those in the politically favored companies whose inefficiencies are protected from competition at the expense of other domestic jobs lost and higher prices on consumers.” ~ Brian Balfour

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