Tag Archives: economics
Kidneys, Cops, and Cronyism: Weekly Web Gems
Kidneys for Cash? (4:06) . . . Economists love it, explains Bryan Caplan, but anti-market bias has all but doomed the idea. Saving us from Ourselves (2:00) . . . Yep, it’s that time of year again — Click it … Continue reading
Weekly Web Gems
Crony-built, top to bottom . . . Obamacare is utterly devoid of free-market elements, and the user-hostile website is just the beginning. Free-market medicine (29:00) . . . It saves lives. Author and businessman David Goldhill explains how. Psycho-analyzing the Fed … Continue reading
Weekly Web Gems
Tax “Loopholes”. . . the folks at Mises Institute remind us that most of us depend on them. Saving the Day . . . Mark Matson explains how hard-working entrepreneurs and small businesses are the only things keeping the economy hobbling … Continue reading
Weekly Web Gems
Business Cycles Explained (intro) . . . Economics professor Tyler Cowen of George Mason University provides thumb-nail primers on: Keynesian Theory (5:11) Austrian Theory (4:36) Real Business Cycle Theory (3:16) Monetarist Theory (2:51) Avoiding Serfdom . . . Milton Friedman on maintaining a free society. … Continue reading
Friday Funnies
An interview with the creator of the “Keynes vs Hayek” rap videos… In case you missed them… Fear the Boom and Bust Fight of the Century