One-third of Europe’s gas comes from Russia and half of that flows through Ukraine. Here BBC tackles the sticky wicket. Each escalation of the crisis in Ukraine sends a jolt of nervousness far beyond its borders as Europe worries about its energy supplies. With about one-third of Europe’s gas coming from Russia and about half […]
Archives for May 2014
The Failure of Obamanomics
Government spending, congressional taxing, Treasury borrowing, Fed printing? Stephen Moore explains here how they are all non-starters for stimulating the economy. The Left counters that we should have borrowed even more money to get the economy fired up. But as Mr. Moore points out, this stretches the realm of credibility. Just how much would have […]
Senator Rand Paul Stands for Restrained Foreign Policy
A sea change has occurred in America away from minding other countries business. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both warned sharply against foreign entanglements, in direct opposition to the interventionist tactics of today’s American War Dogs. The Wall Street Journal reports on a recent poll that details Americans’ desire to pull back. The poll findings, […]
VIDEO: Making Social Security Solvent
A Liberal’s View of the World: Demand-Side Economics
I have a hard-time with the economic viewpoint that “two-thirds of the economy is consumer spending.” It’s like saying my household “economy” is based on the bills we pay rather than the work we do. It’s a demand sider’s view of the world. My household economy is about our J-O-B-S. It’s a supply-side view. Liberals […]
Rule of Plunder vs. Rule of Law
Senior fellow and China specialist James Dorn of the Cato Institute argues here that morality and justice require the protection, not the taking, of property. Following the advice of Thomas Piketty, who teaches at the Paris School of Economics and has achieved “rock star” status with the release of Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Mr. […]
Fed’s Low Interest Rate Strategy Is Killing the Incentive to Earn and Save
Here Cato Institute Senior Fellow Alan Reynolds chronicles the soaring number of Americans not working due to misguided Obama administration policy. Federal Reserve efforts to keep interest rates absurdly low have reduced the incentive to earn and save money for the future while encouraging risky debt and dodgy investments. Flattening the yield curve through Fed […]
Lindsey Graham, a Full-Blown Neocon War Dog
Sen. Lindsey Graham Small government,anti-intervention, constitutional hardliners want no part of the Graham/McCain/Bush/Romney ilk. All are central government, Fed-supporting, centric interventionists. The Washington Examiner reports on Lindsey Graham’s reelection campaign here. Now, while his Republican opponents scramble to scrape together campaign donations and support, Graham has been hosting relaxed barbecues for supporters across the state, […]
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