Economic Policy
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- Not Your Grandfather's (or Keynes’s) Economy Arnold Kling 11/07/2009
- The complexity of today's economy means that old-fashioned Keynesian policies will not restore full employment.
- The Road From Serfdom Marian L. Tupy 11/07/2009
- Given the renewed interest in alternatives to capitalism, it is perhaps appropriate to recall the last time that socialism was tried with real gusto.
- Hitting the Sick in the Wallet Alex M. Brill 11/06/2009
- Taxes and other provisions in the current healthcare reform legislation will inflict the sick and the elderly with higher prices.
- How Prosperous Are We? Roger Bate 11/03/2009
- The Legatum Institute's Prosperity Index goes a long way toward addressing shortcomings in other measurements of people’s well-being around the world.
- Policy on Hold at the Fed Desmond Lachman 10/31/2009
- At its upcoming meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee will likely see little reason to change its monetary policy stance since economic developments have stood very much in line with the Fed’s expectations.
- From Start-up to Stop: The Recession and Entrepreneurship Scott Shane 10/30/2009
- I’ve taken a look at the data, and, I’m sad to report, the Great Recession has badly damaged the entrepreneurial sector of the U.S. economy.
- When the Fed Was Boring Vincent Reinhart 10/29/2009
- Sometimes people ask if I miss working for the Federal Reserve. Perhaps if it continues expanding its fiefdom.
- Coase vs. the Neo-Progressives Jeff Eisenach and Adam Thierer 10/28/2009
- Fifty years ago this month a seminal paper challenged the prevailing intellectual orthodoxy on markets, technology, and regulation. We would be wise to revisit it today.
- About That Stimulus: The Shovel Wasn’t Ready Alex Brill and Rachel Forward 10/27/2009
- Many 'shovel-ready' projects are still tied up in administrative red tape. It is clear that the stimulus bill has done little thus far to help get workers back to work.
- The Copenhagen Climate Extortion Jon Entine 10/23/2009
- Going into the Copenhagen climate change summit, the delegates appear to be competing over who can offer the most ambitious and least realistic targets.