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Walter E Williams – Economics of Liberty

Excerpts from the speech “The Entrepreneur As American Hero,” delivered by Dr. Walter E Williams, John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics, George Mason University. www.LibertyPen.com Related Blogs Learning about economic geography « Mostly Economics India's core inflation – a note « Mostly Economics GOProud Blog » Blog Archive » Guest Commentary on ENDA from [...]

Thomas Sowell – Is “Income Stagnation” an Economic Myth?

Complete video at: fora.tv Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Sowell argues that reports of stagnation among American incomes over the last several decades are economic and political myths. —– Peter Robinson speaks with Thomas Sowell about his new book Economic Facts and Fallacies in which Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic [...]

Economics 101: Learning From Sweden’s Free Market Renaissance

Sweden is a powerful example of the importance of public policy. The Nordic nation became rich between 1870 and 1970 when government was very small, but then began to stagnate as welfare state policies were implemented in the 1970s and 1980s. The CF&P Foundation video explains that Sweden is now shifting back to economic freedom [...]

Voodoo Economics Anyone Anyone

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Economics 101: Moral Hazard

This CF&P Foundation’s Economics 101 video discusses the Moral Hazard, which occurs when bad choices are subsidized. This often happens when government intervention lets people take risks while having little or no skin in the game. Housing policies, for instance, subsidized mortgages, thus enabling irresponsible borrowing and leading to bubbles and bailouts. Politicians may be [...]

KEATING ECONOMICS: John McCain & The Making of a Financial Crisis

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Authors@Google: Robert Frank

Author Robert Frank discusses his book “The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas” as a part of the Authors@Google series. This event took place on July 23, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA. Related Blogs Sciatic Nerve – Explanations for Back Pain | Fibronews Ossining student receives museum's Young Naturalist [...]

Def Poet Tommy Bottoms

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Yochai Benkler: Open-source economics

www.ted.com Law professor Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization. By disrupting traditional economic production, copyright law and established competition, they’re paving the way for a new set of economic laws, where empowered individuals are put on a level playing field with industry giants. Related [...]

8/28/2006-Peter Schiff Predicts The US Economic Collapse With Unbelievable Accuracy

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