Showing posts with label wealth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wealth. Show all posts
Barry Farber: The Latest Marxism In America
Spotlighting Obama's 'The Good Life = less income' claim. Her father stuck his tongue out at her and aggressively allowed her big sister every advantage. He even threatened to strike her with his cane. He once forced her to display her “first bra” at the dinner table. And what was her major complaint about him at the end? He wanted her ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Inequality Bogeyman
Stop calling envy "social justice". During a recent lunch in a restaurant, someone complimented my wife
on the perfume she was wearing. But I was wholly unaware that she was
wearing perfume, even though we had been in a car together for about
half an hour, driving to the restaurant. My sense of smell is very poor. But there is ... MORE
Roger Kimball: The Evils Of Capitalism
There is a link between limited government and prosperity. What’s the one thing everyone knows about capitalism? Why, that it started out as a mean, nasty tool of greedy industrialists. “The Industrial Revolution,” we all learned, was a terrible Moloch that devoured children, put profits before people, and though it made great fortunes ... MOREWalter E Williams: Income Inequality
Let's think about fairness and justice. Democrats plan to demagogue income inequality and the wealth gap for political gain in this year's elections. Most of what's said about income inequality is stupid or, at best, ill-informed. Much to their disgrace, economists focusing on measures of income inequality bring little light to the issue. ... MOREQuin Hillyer: Kill The Corporate Tax To Help Workers
To increase wages and shrink the tax loopholes. It was a former top Democratic staffer on the House Budget Committee, not some Kemp-Laffer supply-sider, who first convinced me that one of the most dynamic and worthwhile tax reforms, and one of the least costly (to the federal government’s revenues), would be the complete ... MOREGary Jason: Young Frogs Hop To New Ponds
A recent story concerning the French youth is fascinating. It reports that a poll conducted by the leftist newspaper Le Monde shows that the French are not happy with their socialist government. Seventy percent now believe that taxes are too high, and 80% hold that President Hollande's economic policies are on the wrong track. And 54% ... MOREGive Back? It's Time For The 99% To Give Back To The 1%
by Harry Binswanger. It’s time to gore another collectivist sacred cow. This time it’s the
popular idea that the successful are obliged to “give back to the
community.” That oft-heard claim assumes that the wealth of high-earners
is taken away from “the community.” And beneath that lies the perverted
Marxist notion that wealth is accumulated ... MOREWalter E Williams: You Don't Have To Stay Poor
Come early, stay late. No one can blame you if you start out in life poor, because how you start is not your fault. If you stay poor, you're to blame because it is your fault. Nowhere has this been made clearer than in Dennis Kimbro's new book, "The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires." Kimbro, a business professor at Clark ... MORETom Leonard: New Gold Rush Proves Anti-Frackers Wrong
The best economic news in decades. As he takes me on a tour of his buzzing little town, mayor Brent Sanford points out the acres of development that have already happened — the giant grocery store, the smart restaurant, the school extension and the endless housing developments. And he tells me what’s still to come — a smart ... MORE
VIDEO: Milton Friedman - A Conversation On Equality
From the award-winning series "Free To Choose," featuring Thomas Sowell.
The Economic Ripple Effect Of The Bakken Shale Oil Boom
by Mark J. Perry. The Minneapolis Fed recently performed an interesting analysis
of the economic ripple effect of shale oil activity in North Dakota as
it spreads out from “ground zero” in the Bakken area, here’s an excerpt: The Bakken oil boom has led to strong growth in employment and record low unemployment rates in that region. ... MORERalph R. Reiland: The Audacity Of Hope
Street level anti-capitalism. It’s not what I signed up for, but I recently got a three hour Marxist lecture while taking a boat ride on the intracoastal waterways of Fort Lauderdale. “That waterfront mansion coming up on our left is Alamo car rental money,” said our guide on the cruise.“Think of that the next time you put down your money to ... MOREMoises Naim: The End Of Power
A takeover by the micropowers. Power is shifting—from large, stable armies to loose bands of
insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups, from
presidential palaces to public squares. It has become harder to
wield power and easier to lose it, and the world is becoming less
predictable as a result. As people become more ... MORE
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