by Kevin Hilferty | May 27, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
It would not surprise most Americans to hear that unemployment rates are still lingering lower than pre-recession levels. As Dennis Cauchon wrote last week in USA Today: The nation has 5% fewer jobs today — a loss of 7 million — than it did when the recession began in...
by Brian Garst | Dec 1, 2010 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Taxation
Nancy Pelosi was rightly mocked for her nonsensical assertion that subsidizing unemployment is the best way to stimulate the economy. Unfortunately, as we pointed out at the time, such claims reflect nothing more than standard Keynesian economics as understood by so...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 29, 2010 | Blogs, Economics
I’m understandably fond of my video exposing the flaws of Keynesian stimulus theory, but I think my former intern has a great contribution to the debate with this new 5-minute mini-documentary. You may recognize Hiwa. She narrated a very popular video earlier this...
by CF&P | Nov 29, 2010 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, November 29, 2010 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New CF&P “Economics 101” Video Exposes Keynesian Consumer Spending Fallacy (Washington, D.C., Monday, November 29,...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Former Senator Phil Gramm had a column last week in the Wall Street Journal that deserves two blog posts. This first post highlights Gramm’s analysis showing that the U.S. has been very Keynesian compared to Europe, with numerous efforts to jump start the economy with...
