Posts Tagged ‘ economists ’

Why Economists Are Not Popular

Feb 7th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
One of the many reasons why economists are unpopular is that they keep reminding people that things have costs, that there is no free lunch. People already know that — but they like to forget it when there is something they have their hearts set on. Economists don’t have to say ...read more

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Quack Economists and the Fraud of GDP

Feb 24th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Now... about that ‘recovery’... It’s true that there are some signs of “stabilization.” The unemployment rate is not getting badder as fast as it was a few months ago. And house prices seem to have stopped falling - for the moment. It’s also true that the economy managed to register positive ‘growth’ ...read more

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Massachusetts Makes Far Left Democrats Think Again

Jan 28th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Politics, Technology
President Obama exhorted Senate leaders just over a month ago to pass the health care bill. “We are on the precipice,” he declared, of health care change. At the time, I figured he’d simply misspoken. A precipice, after all, is a situation of great peril or the edge of a ...read more

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