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Government Is Too Big To Succeed
January 20, 2010 - by Dr. Ron Paul Last week, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission kicked
off their first round of hearings on the causes of the economic meltdown on
Wall Street. The commission is being compared to the the Pecora Commission
launched in 1932 to investigate the causes of the Great Depression. The Pecora
commission is beloved by those who believe the solution to every problem is
more laws. To read further, click
here. New Cato Policy Report Looks at the Causes of the Financial
Crisis In the new issue of Cato Policy Report, Jeffrey Friedman
explains the "perfect storm of ignorance" that was the at the heart
of the global financial crisis. "[Y]ou may think that the government
caused the financial crisis," says Friedman. "But you don't know the
half of it. And neither does the government." Also in this issue, David
Boaz looks back at the 2000s, a bad decade for freedom, and Cato scholar
Patrick J. Michaels discusses the "Climategate" controversy and the
role of peer-reviewed research in the science of climate change. By Ninad D. Sheth Open Magazine, India It was presented as fact. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, led by India’s very own RK Pachauri, even announced a consensus on it. The world was heating up and humans were to blame. A pack of lies, it turns out. To read further, click here. "Tackling Discrimination" in Europe: We Must Not Repeat the American Mistake By Valentin Petkantchin Institut Economique Molinari, France The European authorities, as they get more involved in “tackling discrimination,” have been issuing a flurry of regulations aimed at “equal treatment” of people in the EU. While these regulations may be politically attractive, their economic effects are rarely warranted. The fight against discrimination has actually been identified as one of the causes of the real estate crisis and of the widespread recklessness that laid the groundwork for the current recession. To read further, click here. Superhighway to Serfdom By Sean Corrigan Liberalis Institute It should by now be apparent that there is nothing whatsoever benign about increasing the size of the State. Imagine, if you will, that you have acquired, honestly and voluntarily, the means to purchase a new pair of shoes To read further, click here. An End to Dragging-and-Driving in Italy? January 6, 2010 - by Alberto Mingardi Istituto Bruno Leoni Having banned smoking from so-called "public spaces" (including privately owned restaurants and bars) four years ago, Italy is now considering forbidding drivers to light up their cigarettes in the privacy of their own car. This rule will be part of a larger law amending the "codice della strada," the tens of thousands of commandments that govern Italian driving. The law is being discussed in the Italian Senate, and will be submitted for a vote this month. To read further, click here. "Made in China" Means "Made with the Rest of the World" January 20, 2010 - by Alex van Gelder and Timothy Cox International Policy Network The New York Times kicked off last week’s China bashing, warning us of the supposed threat that Chinese exports posed to economic recovery: “In many countries, fiscal stimulus efforts have been weakened by inflows of cheap Chinese imports that have soaked up some of the money added by these government programs.” To read further, click here. |
The High Cost of Ignoring Beauty by Roger Scruton Architecture clearly illustrates the social, environmental, economic, and aesthetic costs of ignoring beauty. We are being torn out of ourselves by the loud gestures of people who want to seize our attention but give nothing in return. Read the full article. Proposition 8 and the Institution of Marriage by Thomas Patrick Burke Every institution is founded for a particular purpose. Schools
exist for the purpose of teaching students, orchestras to provide music,
businesses to make a profit, the police to enforce the law, the military to
defend the nation To read further, click here. |