Money & Economics

Last summer, Barack Obama riled a lot of entrepreneurs when he got carried away at a campaign event and told any American who had built up a successful enterprise, “you didn’t build that.” An even greater backlash awaits any politician…

Cliff Notes

by Ken Connor on January 9, 2013 · 0 comments

It’s that time of year again, time for fresh starts, optimism for the future, and New Year’s resolutions.  Unfortunately, there’s nothing fresh, optimistic, or resolute coming out of our nation’s capital these days.  After a months’ long game of political…

At their annual November meeting, the U.S. bishops failed to approve a pastoral message on the economy.  “The Hope of the Gospel in Difficult Economic Times” was approved by a clear majority of the bishops voting, but objections raised in…

The fiscal frenzy that has seized French socialists is not only grinding France’s economy to a halt; it is also attacking the very foundations of French society by destroying entrepreneurship and responsibility. Taxes are raining down on French citizens, and…

Who’s Afraid of the Fiscal Cliff?

by Pat Buchanan November 29, 2012

Were the average Republican asked for a succinct statement of his views on taxation, he or she might respond thus:
“U.S. tax rates are too high for the world we must compete in. The tax burden — federal, state, local,…

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Is the Economy for Joe, or is Joe for the Economy?

by Russell Shaw November 16, 2012

If someone is looking for material for a book with a title like “Profiles of an Inhuman Economic System,” consider what follows to be a contribution to the cause. It’s about a man I know whom I’ll call Joe. The…

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The Politically Incorrect Billionaire

by Dr. Mark Hendrickson October 9, 2012

Two news items about “the rich” recently popped up online within a couple of hours of each other.
 
Story No. 1: Pew Research Center found that non-rich Americans have ambivalent feelings toward the rich: On the positive side, there was…

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The Rich Don’t Pay Enough?

by Walter E. Williams September 26, 2012

If you listen to America’s political hacks, mainstream media talking heads and their progressive allies, you can’t help but reach the conclusion that the nation’s tax burden is borne by the poor and middleclass while the rich get off scot-free.…

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Demolishing “You Didn’t Build That!”

by Anthony Esolen August 22, 2012

“You didn’t build that!” exclaimed President Obama. If you have risked all the capital you have, worked three times as many hours a week as is legal to require any employee to work, lost sleep weighing whether to spend a…

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The U.S. Economy Could Recover Faster If Government Policies Changed

by Dr. Tracy C. Miller August 16, 2012

Recent monthly employment reports have confirmed that this is the slowest U.S. recovery from a recession since the Great Depression. Four years after the recession began, unemployment is still above 8 percent, more than three percentage points higher than it…

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