FreedomTalks

Here is a follow up question from the peanut gallary: Governor Romney, under your Administration, what would the national government stop doing that it is doing today?

Chris Wallace is headed toward devoting the first one third of tonight’s debate to Iraq. I won’t argue that it is not an important issue. However, voters who are already paying attention to candidates have a good idea of who stands where on the issue. Even the most diligent voter seeking information [...]

Bryan Caplan had a nice essay in The Wall Street Journal on Saturday (subscription required).  Caplan has been working on these ideas for some time and has just published a widely praised book on the subject.  It would seem that it is important to educate people about how markets work while simultaneously giving politicians the [...]

George Will on global warming craziness.  Without ever using the term “weighing the costs and benefits,” Will is able to convey the basic issue:  Wild eyed policy proposals require trade offs.  While it is easy to feel morally superior, the actual effects of our decisions are less obvious.
Money graph:
Speaking of Hummers, perhaps it is environmentally [...]

Thanks to Chris and Brendan for the gentle nudges necessary to get me back to blogging.  The post below is courtesy of one of my favorite blogs, Mungowit’s End.  In the spirit of another favorite read, Marginal Revolution, this is the best paragraph that I’ve read today.  It comes from a book review by Thomas [...]

Analyst Phil Kerpen has a nice article on how the effects of inflation hurt investors.  Kerpen used methodology of tax economist Art Hall to determine how much inflation is responsible for capital gains in the past half century.  The results will astonish you.  FreedomWorks has weighed in on the issue with [...]