by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
A column in the Washington Examiner compares the bloated payrolls and happy times for the bureaucracy with the challenging times for workers in the productive sector of the economy. The column does not mention that bureaucrats also are vastly overpaid compared to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2010 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Free Market
Great column by Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz on how markets really operate – and why government intervention either causes problems or prevents markets from fixing them. For those of you who care to get in the weeds, this is one of the reasons why the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Privacy
Isn’t this just wonderful? The feds have announced new rules, but it’s not clear what they are. According to some reports, though, passengers will not be allowed to have anything it their laps. Does this mean books? Blackberries? Are we allowed to twiddle...
