The Economy
Don’t Fear Deficits
From Ideas on Liberty, Vol. 50, No. 12, at FEE.org At current tax rates, barring a recession, the federal government…
Read MoreNickel and Dimed and Quartered
A friend of mine asked me the other day about Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich’s experience as a low wage…
Read MoreDeficits Don’t Mean Disaster
(Full Article in USA Today) When it comes to money, even a lot of money. Let’s say it is $422 billion.…
Read MoreThe Locomotive in the Rain Forest
(From Newsweek Japan) Note: Newsweek Japan asked me (and others) to answer a series of questions on economics. Here is…
Read MoreMore than an Invention
(From Tech Central Station) Time Magazine has chosen the iTunes Music Store as the Invention of the Year. Invention of…
Read MoreWhy Linux Is Wealthier Than Microsoft
(From Business Week) Sometimes I suspect Bill Gates doesn’t sleep so well at night. Not out of any guilt over…
Read MoreOn This Labor Day, the Glass Is Half-Full
From the St. Louis Post Dispatch (The original ran under a different title.) What proportion of the U.S. labor force…
Read MoreDeficit Spending and the U.S. Economy
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Read MoreSavings vs. Debts
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Read MoreTake My Used Book, Please!
From the Wall Street Journal The Author’s Guild is mad at Amazon—the online bookseller. Getting mad at the river might…
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