…and Barack Obama’s war on it.
Category Archives: Economics
The Tea Party
It’s a revolt against the “elites,” in the media, Hollywood, government and academia, who are unjustifiably elite only in privilege, not in competence or knowledge or wisdom. In those matters in fact, they are the opposite of elites.
[Monday morning update]
Sorry for the lack of link. I’ve got it now.
Longevity
It’s not really a new story, but things continue to advance, and it’s a useful reminder, to plan to live a long time. Unfortunately, it’s not something that most pension planners or entitlements reformers are taking into consideration. It implies that Social Security and Medicare are even more broke than we think.
The Labor Market Depression
…continues. That graph really demonstrates how economically clueless the Dems were with the “stimulus.”
Government Motors
The company is imploding, and Team Obama is lying about it.
So what else is new?
[Update a couple minutes later]
More thoughts from Mickey Kaus.
Ten Kicked Cans
…that could send the U.S. over a fiscal cliff.
The IPCC Lead Author
This is stupid. Do these charlatans really think that minority Senate staffers can’t read?
By the way, on Muller’s “conversion” from “skeptic” to “believer,” Judith Curry is unimpressed.
“You Didn’t Build That”
The darkness of collective punishment.
Leftists are completely tone deaf to this kind of thing, but as I wrote earlier, I think those four words sealed his fate this fall.
Milton Friedman
Happy one hundredth birthday! It’s a shame he’s not around to see it. Of course, if he were, he’d be pretty appalled by this administration (not to mention many Republicans).
[Update a few minutes later]
More from Thomas Sowell, and Kevin Williamson on the “economics of love.”
The Farm Bill
Could it die in the House?
I hope so. In fact, I hope there is never another one.
[Update a while later]
Link was broken — should be fixed now.