Posts Tagged ‘ job creation ’

How the Government Can Create Jobs

Sep 15th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured
Mr. Chairman, Mr. Ranking member, and all distinguished members of this panel. Thank you for inviting me here today to offer my opinions as to how the government can help the American economy recover from the worst crisis in living memory. Despite the understandable human tendency to help others, government spending ...read more

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Federal Punishment for Risk

Jul 22nd, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
“We have to have some more faith in the free market to produce innovation,” says Gary Shapiro, in the soon-to-be released documentary Risk!. Faith in the free market isn’t something that the United States has a lot of right now – with government stepping in with bailouts, stimulus packages and the ...read more

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Slow Growth or Contraction

Oct 27th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
The economy is either growing slowly, or contracting. Housing is probably going down. Remember, Mr. Market has to destroy the idea that “housing always goes up.” When he’s finished people will think that “housing never goes up.” Unemployment? People are gradually beginning to realize that the last ten years were the worst ...read more

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Government Cannot Create Real Jobs

Feb 2nd, 2010 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
Government-inspired confidence will neither create nor sustain a recovery. It may inspire some enthusiasm. There may be excitement. But, there is a limit to which words will help energize people. Last week’s State of the Union Address will be a supreme example of just that. It was billed as a ...read more

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