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Housing
Bust: Just Kidding!
For almost five years, the media have
warned of a damaging dive in home prices. But all of a sudden, theyre
waking up to the idea of a buyers market. And mortgage rates are
still far from the highest ever, which one reporter exaggeratedly
suggested.
I Hate to Burst Your Bubble
BMI Director Dan Gainor says its time for the media to wrap up all this
unfounded bubble talk.
G:
NY Times finds Japanese companies create American jobs
B:
ABC worries about online predators like Snap, Crackle and Pop
U:
CBS anchor watches Kucinich suggest 100-percent tax on oil profits
Raul Castro: A Hard-Line Commie with a Soft Spot for Free Enterprise?
CBS Blusters about Hypothetical Hurricane Crippling U.S. Economy
In Midst of Scorching Heat Wave, CBS Proclaims Global Warming Debate
Over
Don Boudreaux: Cut the minimum wage with Ockhams Razor (TCSDaily.com)
Ohio Supreme Court rules to protect property from eminent domain abuse (Institute for Justice)
Congress to cable: family tiers or censorship (Reason)
Let employees control future of retirements (Cato)
Tim Carney: The ride of the regulators (Americas Future Foundation)
Spoiling for a Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer
American Enterprise Institute
Washington, D.C., August 7
2006 Liberty, Economy & Society Summer Seminars
The Independent Institute
Oakland, Calif., August 7-11
Book Forum: Crisis of Abundance with author Arnold Kling
Cato Institute
Washington, D.C., August 29
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