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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Column on Good Bye to Reason?
Good Bye Reason? Tibor R. Machan “Every one of us has our perceptions filtered by the thousands of stories and assumptions and rituals that constitute our culture. Every one of us has held beliefs that seemed self-evidently accurate but were … Continue reading
Column on Infra-structure Stimuli
Infra-structure Stimuli Tibor R. Machan One of my colleagues, who is in substantial agreement that the free market is best, argues that if one is going to have a stimulus–and given how politicians always need to do something, whatever it … Continue reading
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Tagged "Investment" in infra structure, local knowledge, misallocation
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Column on Liberty versus Stimulus
Liberty versus Stimulus Tibor R. Machan Despite all the bad blood and heated rhetoric–name calling, besmirching, hyperbole and other polemics–involved in our current political-economic controversies, there really is a substantive point of considerable difference at issue. Put bluntly, the Obama … Continue reading
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Tagged et al., free marketeers vs. planners, Keynesians, Locke, Obama
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George Orwell on politics:
“The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries, but between authoritarians and libertarians.” (“A Life in Letters,” quoted in The New York Review of Books, 10/29/11, p. 101) “What sickens me about left-wing people, especially the intellectuals, is their … Continue reading
Column on SS: Ponzi Scheme Isn’t the Problem
SS: Ponzi Scheme Isn’t the Problem Tibor R. Machan Everyone by now knows what a Ponzi Scheme amounts to. We all became familiar with it when Bernie Madoff was caught using it to amass a fortune at the expense of … Continue reading
Machan’s Archives: The Myth of Job Creation and Security
Machan’s Archives: The Myth of Job Creation and Security (1996) Tibor R. Machan During one of his campaigns for the presidency Bill Clinton was stomping one state with a talk parts of which were aired on National Public Radio, the … Continue reading
Column on A Case of Insidious Gov. Regulation
Who Builds Obstacles to Real Stimulus? Tibor R. Machan Where I work we have a retirement plan. It comes with the job so once you get your employment you are also part of the system. Turns out that the accounts … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Labor, ERISA, paternalism, social security
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Column on Obama’s Keynesian Superstition
Obama’s Keynesian Superstition Tibor R. Machan President Obama gave a speech on Thursday afternoon announcing the American Job Creation Act. There were numerous points that were open to criticism but before dealing with a few, it is important to state … Continue reading
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Tagged American Jobs Creation Act, Buchanan & Tullock, Obama, rich bashing again
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Marchan’s Archives: Liberty: Both Radical & Traditional
Liberty: Both Radical & Traditional Tibor R. Machan At times libertarian or classical liberal–or, in yet other words, pure laissez faire capitalist–ideas are dismissed as part of a misguided modernity that’s lacking proper pedigree. But this is all wrong. Already … Continue reading
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