Tag Archives: Cash for Clunkers

The White House Attacks Edmunds for Reaching Politically Uncomfortable Conclusion on Cash for Clunkers

Don’t you find it interesting the amount of effort this White House puts toward going out of its way to discredit its critics by name?

One Of The Worst Policy Ideas Ever

Who actually thought that Cash For Clunkers was a smart proposal?

Cars and Houses: The Dying American Suburb

Today’s podcast focuses on why you’d ever want a Cadillac, and what the housing-market collapse has done in the hardest-hit areas in the country — specifically, suburban California. Are suburbs really halving in value? What are the societal ramifications of it not making economic sense to live in suburbs?

The Success–Or Lack Thereof–Of Cash For Clunkers

Chris Edwards declares it the “dumbest program ever,” a statement of note, given that (a) Edwards is a libertarian, and (b) cash for clunkers won out over measures like farm subsidies, trade protection, energy regulation, and financial crisis-causing housing policies, all of which are major bugaboos (and rightly so) in the libertarian mind.

The Unexpected Success of Cash For Clunkers

Can a stimulus program’s success turn out to be bad for the marketplace? Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast concerns the Cash for Clunkers (CARS) program, the reasons the experts were wrong, and its unexpected consequences for the government and for consumers.

- November 21, 2009 -

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