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TWO MISERABLE DECADES – THE 70’S AND THE 00’S

  Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com)   Two Miserable Decades Don’t worry, it was even worse in the 1970s. Or was it? Jonathan V. Last September 30, 2013, Vol. 19, No. 04 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  Everyday life wasn’t much better than economic life. Terrorism first came into vogue in the 1970s. Sometimes it […]

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A MEMO TO PRESIDENT REAGAN IN 1980 FROM HIS ECONOMIC ADVISORS

May 26, 2012 Advice for a New President The counsel that Reagan received in November 1980 is still relevant today. Editor’s note: The following are excerpts from a Nov. 16, 1980 memo to President-elect Ronald Reagan from his Coordinating Committee on Economic Policy. Its title: “Economic Strategy for the Reagan Administration.” The memo describes an

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THE FED’S NEAR-ZERO INTEREST RATE AND ITS IMPACT

FEBRUARY 6, 2012 The Fed Votes No Confidence The prolonged—’emergency’—near-zero interest rate policy is harming the economy. By CHARLES SCHWAB Mr. Schwab is founder and chairman of the Charles Schwab Corporation We’re now in the 37th month of central government manipulation of the free-market system through the Federal Reserve’s near-zero interest rate policy. Is it

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ECONOMICS FOR THE LONG RUN – THE REAGAN YEARS

JANUARY 25, 2012 Individuals should be free to decide what to produce and consume, and their decisions should be made within a predictable policy framework based on the rule of law. By JOHN B. TAYLOR As this election year begins, a lot of people are wondering what we can do to restore America’s prosperity and

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OBAMA’S PERPLEXING POPULISM – STAGFLATION ON THE HORIZON?

NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Inflation hits lower-income people especially hard. So why is the president ignoring rising food prices? By GEORGE MELLOAN Barack Obama spends much of his time these days running for re-election, campaigning as a populist, bashing millionaires and extolling the Occupy Wall Street movement. Although “populist” means different things to different people, the

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A SLOW-GROWTH AMERICA CAN’T LEAD THE WORLD

NOVEMBER 1, 2011 After World War II, the U.S. promoted international economic growth through reliance on the market and the incentives it provides. Times have changed. By JOHN B. TAYLOR When President Obama meets with his counterparts from other G-20 countries in Cannes later this week, American economic leadership will, unfortunately, largely be absent. At

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THE UNDISCERNING AND DANGEROUS APPRECIATION OF RON PAUL

The Bahnsen Viewpoint Politics, Economics, and Culture Through My Eyes The Undiscerning and Dangerous Appreciation of Ron Paul By DLB David Bahnsen    May 21, 2011 http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/2011/05/21/the-undiscerning-and-dangerous-appreciation-of-ron-paul/ And the credentials of the author http://www.davidbahnsen.com/index.php/about Let me start this article by saying this: I confess from the start that this is a very, very passionate issue for

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THE CRISIS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

IMPRIMIS – HILLSDALE COLLEGE July/August 2011 Václav Klaus President, Czech Republic The Crisis of the European Union: Causes and Significance Václav Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic, spoke to friends of Hillsdale College in Berlin during Hillsdale’s 2011 cruise in the Baltic Sea. The speech was delivered at Berlin’s Hotel Adlon on June 11, 2011. As

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THE FED VS THE RECOVERY

AUGUST 26, 2011 How is increasing the price of imported oil and industrial commodities supposed to make U.S. industry more competitive? By ALAN REYNOLDS One year ago, on Aug. 27, 2010, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke explained the rationale for a second round of quantitative easing. “A first option for providing additional monetary accommodation is

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