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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
On her segment of CNN Newsroom this morning, anchor Heidi Collins asked business correspondent Christine Romans about Senate action on extending yet again unemployment benefits: CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: You're right. And Heidi, all of those things that you mentioned are incredibly important to your money and all of them could affect you very, very near-term here. This extension...
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Workingclass Conservative (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
This is a GREAT audio presentation by the great (Nobel Prize Winner in Economics) Milton Friedman from 1978. Here Professor Friedman talks about how Capitalism's open economy benefits disparaged and dispossessed groups like the Jews the most. Ironically enough, Dr. Friedman wryly notes that, "While no group on earth has benefitted from Capitalism more than the Jews, no group has done so much to...
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Religio-Political Talk (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Nobel Laureate Economist Milton Friedman explores the unsettling dynamics set into motion when government imposes itself into the health care system. (1978)
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Theo Spark (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
"The thing they forget is that liberty and freedom and democracy are so very precious that you do not fight to win them once and stop. You do not do that. Liberty and freedom and democracy are prizes awarded only to those peoples who fight to win them and then keep fighting eternally to hold them!" - Sergeant Alvin York "The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public...
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The Economic Way of Thinking (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
There's a long list of economists, including Nobel Laureates George Akerlof, Milton Friedman, and Vernon Smith, who have signed a petition against the prohibition of marijuana. An excerpt: marijuana legalization -- replacing prohibition with a system of taxation and regulation...
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George Washington's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
As MIT economics professor and former IMF chief economist Simon Johnson points out today, the official White House position is that: (1) The government created the mega-giants, and they are not the product of free market competition (2) The White House needs to "regulate and oversee them", even though it is clear that the government has no real plans to regulate or oversee the banking behemoths...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
I'll let the economists handle the commentary on today's Nobel prize in economics . A guy who deserves one, but still doesn't have it, is Gordon Tullock, a free-market maverick. Three years ago, I wrote about him for NR : Tullock’s fondness for controversy is backed up by a daring intellect that cuts across disciplines and has shaped free-market thinking for more than a generation. “Gordon...
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Below The Beltway (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
It should now read: 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Refuses To Meet With 1989 Nobel Peace Prize Winner For Fear Of Offending Dictators There, that’s better. Similar Posts:You’re kidding right ? What Happens When You Give An Idiot A Microphone Milton Friedman vs. Phil Donohue The Perfect Statement On Peace In The Middle East Barack Obama Wins Nobel [...]
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Free Market Mojo (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
An wide-ranging and informative interview with Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman, from the Hoover Institution.
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