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November 7, 2012
Voters
headed to the polls Nov. 6, and for many their greatest concern was the
U.S. economic situation. Although The Great Recession ended more than
three years ago, growth has remained slow and job growth sluggish.If
we look at the recent Great…
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June 24, 2016
Who needs sources when you need a crisis?
BBC fanned Brexit fears this morning when it falsely reported that, according to “sources within Morgan Stanley,” the giant bank would be shipping 2,000 jobs to the EU in response to yesterday…
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July 17, 2008
Mainstream media outlets declined to cover a press conference held yesterday by conservative groups protesting a McDonald's spokesman who accused them of “hatred.”
A coalition of pro-family groups, spearheaded by the American Family Association (…
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February 6, 2008
Editors at CosmoGirl would do well to remember that when they point at somebody else, three fingers are pointing back at them.
The popular teen magazine tackled the question “What is Sexy?” in the March 2008 issue, bemoaning the increased…
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December 7, 2005
Economist Brian Wesbury has called them Pouting Pundits of
Pessimism. These are the members of the media who seem to be
focused on the negatives and cant find the positives in the
economic…
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November 9, 2005
History has proven the efficacy of market capitalism in producing
wealth for the masses. The fall of the Soviet Union, the movement of
China and India to market economies, and the influx of immigrants…
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October 5, 2005
In the aftermath of the hurricane destruction caused by Katrina and
Rita, much has been made about government plans for the
reconstruction of New Orleans. While this may seem to be a…
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September 14, 2005
As with nearly every other major natural disaster, Hurricane Katrina
resulted in short-term higher prices and cries of price-gouging by
politicians and those who are not familiar with how the market…
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August 24, 2005
Recent discussions about housing prices show confusion about what
makes for correct prices. The market sets prices that are correct
when the quantity that people demand of a good or service is equal…