Anatomy of an Economic Ignoramus
"The bailouts, in fact, were an example of government intervention to prevent the free market from holding CEOs accountable."
"The bailouts, in fact, were an example of government intervention to prevent the free market from holding CEOs accountable."
Don't be among those who believe that the government has discovered the secret of prosperity in the offices of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Got a problem? Just give the government even more power, and our friendly, competent rulers will take care of everything. I shudder to think that columnists may actually get paid for spouting such childish twaddle.
Mass unemployment proves in fact wholly to be the result of government preventing private enterprise from working freely and providing itself with a money that would secure stability.
The government closes doors. The market, incredibly and fortuitously, keeps opening them.
Clearly, one of the top priorities of every libertarian should be ending the legal tender laws.
It’s true that the US health-care system is a mess, but this demonstrates not market but government failure.
"Roosevelt and his staff were becoming habitual bullies, pitting Americans against one another."
– Amity Shlaes (2007)With such consumers in mind, we can assert with confidence that a health insurance mandate must, by praxeological definition, decrease consumer welfare and thus make the economy less efficient.