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Experience in the Private Sector
A fascinating chart from J.P. Morgan provides a look at the percentage of cabinet level political appointees who have private sector experience from Roosevelt to Obama. Of course there is a downside to private-sector experience. In government, these people tend toward corrupting partnerships between government and business. And yet, it seems essential that if... »
Experience in the Private Sector
A fascinating chart from J.P. Morgan provides a look at the percentage of cabinet level political appointees who have private sector experience from Roosevelt to Obama. Of course there is a downside to private-sector experience. In government, these people tend toward corrupting partnerships between government and business. And yet, it seems essential that if... »
Zimbabwe: ruin to revival
A highly informative piece by Alf Field, a must read really: In February 2009 Zimbabwe was the only country in the world without debt. Nobody owed anyone anything. Following the abandonment of the Zimbabwe Dollar as the local currency all local debt was wiped out and the country started with a clean slate. It is now... »
Another Modest Proposal
Britain’s Lord Stern has suggested that the eating of meat contributes to global warming and threatens the planet. In the opinion of this former chief economist of the World Bank, methane from cows and pigs is a far greater contributor to global warming gases than is carbon dioxide. I wonder if the... »
A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism
The great practical advantage of the Austrian School is that it is a form of economic analysis that is founded in realism and helps us understand both progress and problems in the real world. FULL ARTICLE Click here to read the entire article… Technorati Tags: advantage, article,... »
