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Is America Becoming More Like China?

November 17, 2009 – 9:32 am

Is America becoming more like China under President Obama? Or should we be upset that it isn’t? We’ll talk about the President’s jarring diplomatic trip to Asia and how the markets responded to Ben Bernanke’s New York speech on today’s Coffee and Markets.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Podcasts, Politics | Also tagged Barack Obama, China, Coffee and Markets, foreign policy, Hu Jintao, Podcast, Podcasts, Tibet, Trade | Comments

Sauce For The Goose, And All That

November 15, 2009 – 1:16 pm

I am in favor of means-testing for programs like Social Security and Medicare; which would constitute one of the better policy responses to the out-of-control entitlement spending we are seeing take place. Something has to be done to control spending for entitlement programs, and means-testing is one of the most effective somethings there is out there.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Economic Ignorance, economy, Greg Mankiw, health care, Health Care Policy, Health Care Reform, House of Representatives, Medicare, Obama Administration, Throwing Seniors Under The Bus | Comments

Elinor Ostrom And Oliver Williamsom: Nobel Prizewinners In Economics

October 13, 2009 – 2:08 am

An excellent choice, and one that takes the bad taste left by the awarding of the Peace Prize out of one’s mouth. I note that Paul Krugman’s reaction, while properly laudatory, does not reveal the fact that Ostrom’s work is in many ways, antithetical to Krugman’s views on the role of government.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Big Government, Commons, economy, Elinor Ostrom, free markets, Nobel Prize In Economics, Oliver Williamson, Paul Krugman, Small Government, Tragedy Of The Commons, Vertical Integration | Comments

Ethics and Economics: The Morality of Innovation

September 30, 2009 – 9:26 am

On Edmund Phelps: “When the word morality comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world’s resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses? And is it moral for financial markets to experiment with volatile derivatives that increase the potential for panics?”

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged Capitalism, Coffee and Markets, Edmund Phelps, Ethics, morality, Nobel laureate, Podcast, Podcasts | Comments

Remembering Rose Friedman

August 19, 2009 – 4:50 pm

A very nice obituary by the New York Times.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged economy, free markets, Milton Friedman, Remembrances, Rose Friedman | Comments

Rose Friedman, RIP

August 18, 2009 – 7:39 pm

A terrible loss. Rose and Milton Friedman did so much to better the human condition. Would that there were more like them, but it may well be that the mold was broken once they were given life.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged economy, free markets, Milton Friedman, Naomi Klein, Remembrances, Rose Friedman | Comments

The Coming Middle Class Tax Hike

June 29, 2009 – 8:43 am

David Axelrod all but advertised it.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Economic Ignorance, economy, health care, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Tax Increase, taxes | Comments

Quote Of The Day: Thomas Sowell Edition

May 24, 2009 – 3:33 pm

“I think in the U.S. and in most of the world the public understanding of economics is abysmal. But it’s one thing not to understand something. I don’t understand brain surgery. It’s another to want to form policies on things on which you are ignorant.”

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Economic Ignorance, economy, Great Depression, New Deal, Thomas Sowell | Comments

Non-Reality-Based Economics And Fiscal Policy

May 12, 2009 – 11:20 pm

In a day and age in which so much of the media seems to have put aside its critical skills and adopted, instead, unthinking adoration of the Obama Administration, it is reassuring to see that there remains some skepticism of Administration claims on issues like the economy in general and the nation’s fiscal health in particular:

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Barack Obama, Budget Deficit, economy, Fiscal Policy, Obama Administration, Unemployment | Comments

“Now Is No Time to Give Up on Markets”

March 22, 2009 – 8:51 pm

An interview with Gary Becker.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Blogs, Chequer-Board | Also tagged Big Government Intervention, economy, free markets, Freedom, Gary Becker, Liberty | Comments

The Centrist President

March 16, 2009 – 11:21 am

As liberal as his legislative solutions to the current economic crisis have been, if President Obama holds to his promises on other policy fronts, there are several areas where he could become a paradigm-busting figure who ignores unrepresentative opinion on both sides to offer centrist solutions to the American people.

By Ben Domenech | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, enemy combatant, Gitmo, Lamar Smith, Merit Pay, National Security, rendition, Robert Gates, Security | Comments

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