by Brian Garst | Jan 30, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics, Free Market
During his State of the Union speech, President Obama expressed his desire for an “economy built to last,” an oxymoron emblematic of the President’s embrace of Keynesianism and other failed economic philosophies. Simply put, strong economies are not...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2012 | Blogs, Free Market
The 2012 Index of Economic Freedom has just been released. This is my favorite publication from the Heritage Foundation, and second only to the Economic Freedom of the World Index as a measure of global public policy. The news scores for 2012 are not pretty. We have...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2012 | Blogs, Free Market
Since starting this blog, I’ve cited several columns by Walter Williams (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), in large part because he’s so good at explaining economic concepts, but also because he’s...
by CF&P | Dec 12, 2011 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, December 12, 2011 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New CF&P “Economics 101” Video Debunks Depression Myths, Exposes Damaging Impact of Statist Policies by Hoover and FDR...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 1, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I’m glad that China has taken some steps away from communism. According to Economic Freedom of the World, China was one of 10-worst nations for economic liberty back in 1980 and they’ve since climbed to 92nd place out of 141 nations. I’ve even offered a small bit of...
