Venezuela’s Playbook: The Communist Manifesto
Venezuela’s downward economic spiral began in earnest when Hugo Chavez imposed his “unique” brand of socialism on Venezuela. For years, …
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Bernanke’s Monetary Mess
Most who have graded Prof. Ben Bernanke’s twelve years at the Federal Reserve have issued marks which range from A …
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The Great Destabilizer
Dr. Karl Schiller, West Germany’s Economics Minister between 1966 and 1972, pithily pronounced that: “Stability is not everything, but without …
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Progressive Trickle-Down in Maryland
Progressives endlessly caricature free-market policies as “trickle-down” economics—giveaways to the undeserving rich with few benefits reaching the poor. In truth, …
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Let the Data Speak: The Truth Behind Minimum Wage Laws
President Obama set the chattering classes abuzz after his recent unilateral announcement to raise the minimum wage for newly hired …
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Measuring Misery around the World
The Great Recession grinds on. And as it does, politicians of all stripes ask, usually behind closed doors, “Just how …
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