by Dan Mitchell | Jul 11, 2010 | Bailouts, Blogs
Nicole Gelinas has been one of the most astute observers of how government has screwed up the financial system and her column in the Washington Examiner is an excellent summary of why the Dodd-Frank bill is a step in the wrong direction. For 25 years, Washington has...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 8, 2010 | Bailouts, Blogs, Regulations
Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Hudson Institute provides an additional reason why the Dodd-Frank bailout legislation is bad for the American economy. But this shouldn’t be too surprising. Senator Dodd and Congressman Frank are akin to a couple of foxes designing rules...
by Brian Garst | Jun 27, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Shakespeare would likely describe the latest major legislation winding its way through Congress as a piece of legislation crafted by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Rather than address the systemic distortions created by prior government policies,...
by Dan Mitchell | May 4, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Uncategorized
Russ Roberts of George Mason University has written a very good article for the Mercatus Center explaining – for economists and non-economists – how government intervention created distortions in the housing and finance sectors. He also blames Wall Street,...
by CF&P | Mar 24, 2009 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Tuesday, March 24, 2009 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New Video Highlights Government’s Role in Creating the Financial Crisis (Washington, DC, March 24, 2009) The Center for Freedom...
