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Cap and Trade: The government’s new pet market
Submitted on 6.29.2009
While most Americans are distracted by the situation in Iran and the vital current healthcare debates, Barack Obama and his friends in Congress are attempting to rush through one of the most draconian realignments of energy policy in the nation’s history. This legislation proposes a cap on carbon emissions with permits that are tradable between companies. Known as “cap and trade,” it’s better described as “cap and tax.”
Healthcare, part 1
Submitted by Erin Haust on 6.22.2009
What to look for in the Obamacare informercial on ABC this week
Unions using environmental rules to block non-union plants
Submitted on 6.19.2009
PRI Business and Economic Studies adjunct fellow, Kevin Dayton, was featured on Fox News with Neil Cavuto following an article he wrote for the New York Times exposing "greenmail."
A Move to Put the Union Label on Solar Power Plants
Submitted by Todd Woody on 6.18.2009
SACRAMENTO — When a company called Ausra filed plans for a big solar power plant in California, it was deluged with demands from a union group that it study the effect on creatures like the short-nosed kangaroo rat and the ferruginous hawk.
Mountaineer Perspectives
Submitted by Paul Darst on 6.18.2009
As West Virginia celebrates its 146th birthday, residents ponder meaning, relevance of Montani Semper Liberi.
When State Governments Compete for Doctors
Submitted by Jonathan Wilde on 6.18.2009
Over the last few years, Texas has become an attractive state in which to practice medicine. It has high reimbursement from insurance companies, no state income tax, a low cost of living, and since 2003, a cap on non-economic damages for physicians.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal: Radio Interview
Submitted on 6.17.2009
Robert P. Murphy, Mises Institute scholar and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal, explains how FED monetary policy created speculative bubble that led to Great Depression, the historical basis for doubting Milton Friedman’s “the FED didn’t do enough” theory of the Depression, and other issues.
Democrats: Increase oil and tobacco taxes to close budget gap
Submitted by Cameron English on 6.16.2009
The dedicated, selfless legislators in Sacramento have been working hard to sort out California’s budget crisis. And after months and months of negotiations, they’ve come up with solution: the taxpayers can make up the $24 billion budget shortfall.
Tort Law Tally - Letters, faxes, and e-mail
Submitted by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D on 6.15.2009
The ascendancy of Barack Obama has emboldened the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, now repackaged as the American Association for Justice.
Pajamas Media Interview: The Politically Incorrect Guide To the Great Depression
Submitted by Ed Driscoll on 6.12.2009
Ed Driscoll of Pajamas Media speaks with Prof. Robert P. Murphy of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, the author of the new book, The Politically Incorrect Guide To the Great Depression.
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