Is Chapter 11 Such a Big Deal?
Are we looking at a jobs implosion (and, even worse from the green perspective, the loss of General Motor’s Volt!) if Congress doesn’t fork over taxpayer money for the big three Detroit automakers? To More...
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Blog Archive 2008
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Automaker Bailout: Bad for Trade, Bad for the Economy
An important point to keep in mind about any and all bailouts is that the costs extend far beyond the hit to taxpayers’ wallets. Bailouts distort incentives and that leads to less-productive allocatio More...
What Should Conservatives Conserve?
A recent conference at Yale raises the question: How “outside the box” can navel gazing get? David Barnes, Yalie and Assistant Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Young Leaders Program, reports: &nb More...
An Even Worse Idea: Greening the Bailout
Some in Congress see an automaker bailout as an opportunity to push the industry into making cars that are better for the environment. Having Congress design the country’s next generation of vehicles, More...
Big Business Serves the Poor
In contrast to the usual storyline about the pursuit of profit hurting the poor, Economist reports that drug companies see great profits in selling drugs that people in developing countries want and c More...
Does the SAT Predict Success?
Standardized testing has gotten a bad name in recent years, especially as a result of the chicanery that has been encouraged by the No Child Left Behind Act. Holding schools accountable for the result More...
Your Carbon Papers, Please!
No doubt any plan that foresees putting the government in charge of designing lawnmowers and specifying acceptable materials for boat hulls will be dangerous for the economy. We’re referring, of cours More...
Another Plan
This one might work. Grover Norquist writes to Neel Kashkari, Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Dear Secretary Kashkari:
I write today to formal More...
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Thursday Nov 20
Political Economy Conference 2008......at
Broadway House, Tothill Street
Broadway House, Tothill Street
Thursday Nov 20
More Than Hope: Policy for a Free and Just Society......at
The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation
Thursday Nov 20
A Counterterrorism Agenda for the New Administration:U.S. and International Perspectives......at
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Place
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Place
Thursday Nov 20
Book Discussion: Funding Fathers: The Unsung Heroes of the Conservative Movement......at
Hudson Institute
Hudson Institute
Thursday Nov 20
The Costs of Regulating Carbon Dioxide: What the EPA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Really Means......at
The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation
Thursday Nov 20
Securing Freedom: A Report on the Future of the U.S.-Japanese Alliance......at
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
Thursday Nov 20
Tax Foundation 71st Annual Dinner......at
Four Seasons Hotel
Four Seasons Hotel
Thursday Nov 20
Liberty and Markets: Virtue and Economic Thinking......at
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids
Friday Nov 21
Old and New Forms of Hospital Competition: Economic and Antitrust Issues......at
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
Friday Nov 21
Policy Perspectives 2008......at
The Waldorf Astoria
The Waldorf Astoria
Friday Nov 21
With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace, and Politics......at
The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation
Saturday Nov 22
Economics and Government Seminar......at
University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo
Saturday Nov 22
Reflections of a Political Economist: Selected Articles on Government Policies and Processes......at
The Cato Institute
The Cato Institute
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