Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More by John C. Medaille (ISI Books, Wilmington, Delaware, 2010) is a genuine contribution to the discussion of how to fix the … Continue reading →
I take neoclassical economics to be more the branch of modern economics that renews emphasis on the foundational thoughts of Adam Smith and David Ricardo, than on the synthesis that gives government a role in the economy such as the … Continue reading →
Stages of Knowledge and the Need for an Integral Republic Knowledge develops through stages, whether it be in individuals or civilizations. These stages relate to the level of perception and experience that evolves through growth and experience. In developmental psychology … Continue reading →
Who Regulates the Regulators? The people who brought us the 2008 bailout for the real estate bubble, have now brought us the government intervention necessary to create a “consumer bubble.” The Dodd-Frank Act, signed into law on July 22, has … Continue reading →
The problem with current U.S. economic models is that they focus on consumption. This model is reflected not only in many recent economic “stimulus” plans like auto and appliance rebates, subsidized home mortgages, and government jobs programs, but it is … Continue reading →
Neither Left or Right Today we have strong movements on both the left and the right that are focused on either big government or large corporations. On the left, we have established liberals and anti-capitalist ideologues attacking Wall Street but … Continue reading →
British Petroleum’s disastrous oil spill in the gulf reflects a combination of problems from human laxity and mistakes by BP-hired workers and government agencies to systemic U.S. government problems related to regulatory agencies in general. In this regard, the oil … Continue reading →
Reacting to the arrest of the Times Square bomber suspect Faisal Shahzad, a bi-partisan group of lawmakers in Washington have introduced the Terrorist Expatriation Act (TEA). This act, which would strip US citizenship from people suspected of terrorism, was introduced … Continue reading →
Idealism vs. Realism My mother used to have a saying posted on the bulletin board in her kitchen. It went something like the following, “If you are not an idealist at age 20 you are not normal. If you are … Continue reading →
Many Agencies are Failing or Counterproductive Regulatory agencies have the well-intended purpose of regulating industries that may create risks to the public. This is an extension of the idea that the role of government is to protect the citizens and … Continue reading →
