Opinion Forum

Arne and Bill’s Misguided Adventure: An Open Letter

August 1st, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor Dear Arne and Bill, I really don’t understand you two, the U.S. Secretary of Education and the world’s second richest man and noted philanthropist. How can you possibly say that public education can be reformed without eliminating poverty? Let’s start with you, Arne. Here’s a quote from you: “When I was [...]

Articles written by Dr. Jim Taylor
Tags: Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, education, free market, poverty, vouchers
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America’s Best Hope

March 5th, 2010

By Brianna Aubin There’s a lot of fear out there that, come November, the Tea Party will be strong enough to draw a sizable portion of the vote, but not so strong as to draw its own majorities, thus hopelessly splitting the conservative vote between the Tea Parties and the GOP and letting the Democrats [...]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: collectivism, Democrats, free market, Republicans, tea partiers, Tea Party
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Free Market Compensation

February 11th, 2010

By Tom Carter The President is taking incoming fire from the liberal left on recent comments he made regarding the bonuses of a couple of Wall Street CEOs. When asked about the bonuses of the CEO of JPMorgan Chase ($17 million) and the CEO of Goldman Sachs ($9 million), he praised both as “savvy businessmen” and [...]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: bonuses, compensation, free market, left, liberals, politicians, salaries
Categories: Economics, News, Politics | Comments (0) | Home

Funny Money

December 31st, 2009

By Brianna Aubin Well, I’ve been here for about four months now, and in those four months I’ve managed to make a lot of posts about economic doom and gloom. And while it’s all unfortunately very true, it does tend to get a bit stale after a while. So I thought to round off the [...]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: free market, pirates, Somali, Somalia, stock exchange
Categories: Economics, News, Politics | Comments (3) | Home

Cycle of Violence

December 17th, 2009

By Brianna Aubin It’s a commonly accepted fact that if a child is raised in an abusive household, there’s a good chance that he’ll turn out to be an abuser himself. If your parents beat you, it becomes more likely that you’ll grow up to beat your kids. Grow up with a drunk, it becomes [...]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: affirmative action, class warfare, communism, free market, national socialism
Categories: Economics, History, Politics | Comments (5) | Home

The Value of Money

November 20th, 2009

By Brianna Aubin One of the stock complaints people make when they point out that there are individuals unable to pay the bills for the things they need, is that “a person’s value shouldn’t be judged by the amount of money they possess.” Now on the surface, this sounds like a reasonable and compassionate statement, and [...]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: communism, economy, free market, money, productivity, socialism
Categories: Economics, Politics | Comments (15) | Home

Eating Your Seed Corn

October 27th, 2009

In today’s complex global economy, it can be easy to forget the root and the meaning of money. In fact, it can be so easy that there is an entire school of economics, Keynesianism, that is devoted to the theory that it is the consumer that drives the economy and spending money is the best [...]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: bailouts, corn, economy, free market, Keynesian, monetary policy, recession
Categories: Economics, Politics | Comments (8) | Home