We are trying to let the banks earn their way out of losses, right? Thoughts on the Macro Paradigm, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty . Everything the Fed has been doing over the past fifteen months makes sense if you think of their goal as transferring wealth from taxpayers to [...]
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If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James’s Ideas Will Change It – NYTimes.com
Interesting discussion of the healthcare industry here: Magazine Preview – If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James’s Ideas Will Change It – NYTimes.com. We have built up medical doctors in this country to be brilliantly intuitive gurus that are constantly making measured decisions. In reality, the result of all this coddling and [...]
National Report Card: 5 fixes for the US education system
The latest report on US math education is in, and results are disappointing many. Compulsory state education is antithetical to libertarian principles. The sooner we move towards separating the school system from the state, the better. That said, plenty of other nations are doing a far better job. It’s not very satisfying to sit around, [...]
The state of American capitalism in 2009
As we work on fresh new highs in the markets, it’s worth looking at the headwinds now in place for resuming real, organic economic growth. Lending in the critical housing sector is still essentially frozen outside of government support. You are starting to see talk of FHA bailouts, so the critical element of new buyers [...]
A few billion here and there…
Billion Dollar Gram: putting all the crazy numbers you read and hear into perspective!
Cool financial blog
For those of you into finance, this blog is well worth reading through the past couple months’ posts: Accrued Interest Google Reader found it for me somehow. Best of all, it includes bonus Star Wars references!
Could we see the US healthcare system collapse?
Those who began their careers in the dot-com mania, like myself, have now been through two booms and busts. It becomes natural to look for a third one in our future. At this point, we know the only private sector expansion is taking place in the out-of-control healthcare sector, so that is the natural place [...]