by Dan Mitchell | Dec 12, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I’ve commented many times about the misguided big-government policies of both Hoover and FDR, so I can say with considerable admiration that this video packs an amazing amount of solid info into about five minutes. Perhaps the most surprising bit of info in the video...
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 | Nov 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve pointed out on several occasions that Herbert Hoover was a big-spending Keynesian. Heck, Hoover was pursuing failed Keynesian policies several years before Keynes produced his most well-known book, The General Theory. Hoover’s big spending was so pronounced that...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2011 | Blogs, Economics
Here’s an absolutely horrifying video of President Franklin Roosevelt promoting a “Second Bill of Rights” based on coercive redistribution. At first, I was going to post it and contrast it with this superb Reagan video and compare how one President’s policies kept...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
Thomas Sowell just completed a three-part “Back to the Future” series, looking at a couple of fiscal policy issues. His unifying theme is how the political class fails (perhaps deliberately) to learn from mistakes. In Part I, he decimates President Obama’s new...
