Communist corporations
by Laslo Weger on 6/29/2008 8:03:00 PM
Have you ever wondered why communist countries failed, or, at least, have had serious trouble making ends meet (with an exception of China1)? Some will say it's due to the brilliant policies of the Saint Reagan, others will expound the inner evilness of totalitarian regimes. But the truth is much mo... Continue »
Carnival of Political Solutions -- June 20, 2008
by Laslo Weger on 6/22/2008 4:39:00 PM
InstaCarnival BetaDraft HTML for Carnival Editionhttp://blogcarnival.com/bc/spreview_20745.html-->Welcome to the June 21, 2008 edition of carnival of political solutions. The submissions are, as always, excellent, however, we still have a number of off-topic articles (either not solutions, or not po... Continue »
Carnival of Political Solutions -- May 20, 2008
by Laslo Weger on 5/21/2008 11:07:00 PM
Welcome to the May 20, 2008 edition of carnival of political solutions. This edition brought once again a lot of excellent posts, many from our regular contributors. Unfortunately, many were off-topic, and as such, not included in this carnival.Lets start with 30 years old, but still relevant articl... Continue »
Stop Farm Subsidies
by Laslo Weger on 5/10/2008 9:54:00 PM
In a few days the Congress is going to vote on the $300 billion Farm Bill. Its passage is pretty much assured, however, there is still hope that president Bush would veto it, as he should.The bill contains a significant number of provisions, all of them either wasteful, harmful or downright scandalo... Continue »
Housing Rescue or Highway Robbery
by Laslo Weger on 5/7/2008 12:10:00 PM
I have never thought it would come to this, but I actually agree with president Bush. He threatens to veto the new "housing rescue" bill, and I can't hope enough he will actually do it.The House of Representatives must share Hillary Clinton's opinion on economists and other "elite" specialists: "wh... Continue »
Elite Economists
by Laslo Weger on 5/6/2008 11:13:00 AM
"I'm not going to put my lot in with economists," Hillary Clinton said when asked which economist thinks her proposal is sane. Then she declared that the "elite opinion" of specialists in their fields is somehow harmful to the "vast majority of Americans." This is scary. A presidential candidate, wh... Continue »