Monthly Archives: October, 2009
The Stiglitz Tax
Joseph Stiglitz has recently declared that a Tobin tax is both “possible and necessary”, and that it should be levied on all international financial transactions. He adds: “The financial sector polluted the global economy with toxic assets and now they ought to clean out.” We do not disagree with Nobel Laureates lightly, but here we [...]
What Europe has NOT done wrong
As a follow up to our last article, it seems this idea of the evil foreigners is in vogue, and will probably stay that way until the economy recovers. It is just unfortunate when one encounters literature of a seemingly intellectual status regurgitating the same lopsided information. Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam, [...]
What California has NOT done wrong
Alex Alexiev of the National Review has penned an article lambasting illegal immigration and blaming it for many, if not all, of California’s woes. More precisely, he mentions the lower educational achievements of Californians as of late, the crippling economy, and the fact that many Californians are leaving for other states, then he continues: “In [...]
Blogs almost as good as Dumbagent
For today’s article, we endeavored to find blogs and websites that deal with Economics AND other subjects, or that use free markets for unlikely purposes. This proved to be harder than we thought, especially when we decided to start with Economics and History, possibly because these are two very different subjects with very little relation [...]
