Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beliefs, economics, liberty, morals, public policy on 28 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center intern
Here is a great piece I found online that explains the importance of morals when holding and pursuing economic beliefs. It is a little long but well worth the time.
By Bill Frezza
What is the moral foundation of your economic beliefs? Do economic beliefs even require a moral foundation?
Do you find it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged health care, liberty, medicare, reform on 27 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a video I found on Michigan Liberal this morning that is rather interesting. Although I enjoyed the graphics and short duration, it is a bit misleading and completely leaves out the notion of unintended consequences or the effects of current government regulations on our health [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged charter, cities, economics, liberty, paul, romer on 26 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Check out this fascinating video by Paul Romer. It is a little lengthy at 18:30, but well worth the time.
Pay close attention to 10:45 – 10:55
Hat-tip to Nat Hunt
Posted in Uncategorized on 25 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Check out this short 2:10 minute John Stossel video explaining why charging the same price to every consumer would be destructive to the economy.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged health care, lberty, reform on 25 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
I initially found this post at Cafe Hayek. Do not miss this superb article from the Atlantic by David Goldhill. Here is an excerpt:
Indeed, I suspect that our collective search for villains—for someone to blame—has distracted us and our political leaders from addressing the fundamental causes of our nation’s health-care crisis. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1759, 1807, August 24, Emancipation, freedom, Great Britain, liberty, slave trade, slavery, William Wilberforce on 24 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two hundred and fifty years ago, someone was born who was destined to liberate millions, fated to beg for liberty before the most powerful in the world and created to ban slavery throughout the most expansive empire the world has yet seen. Read more on Landmarks of Liberty.
E. Wesley – Mackinac Center Intern
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged deficit, economics, liberty on 24 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a great letter to the editor by Don Boudreaux concerning deficit spending.
24 August 2009
Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
E.J. Dionne alleges that Uncle Sam’s massive deficit spending during the past year helped save the economy from a “cataclysmic” failure (“Why We Didn’t Crash,” August 24). This [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged controls, health care, liverty, Obama, price, reform on 24 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a picture I found reading a recent Reason blog post. This pretty much explains what will happen to doctors if our government imposes price controls.
Posted in Uncategorized on 24 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
-Jarrett Skorup
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is clearly doing his best to clean up Detroit. Some of his newest reforms are to drop Viagra, weight loss drugs, fertility treatment and smoking cessation from drug coverage for all employees. He also wants to stop covering their kids’ health care after age 22 rather than 25.
Seem simple enough? It [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cash, clunkers, economics, job-creation, liberty, stimulus on 20 August 2009 | 1 Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Interm
An article titled “The argument against clunkers goes clunk!” contained the image above and concluded with the following text:
“What’s the lesson here? Stimulating the demand side has an immediate impact on a sluggish economy. Now, can we finally put to rest the discredited idea that the best way to grow the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on 19 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
-Jarrett Skorup
The Foreign Lobbyist Influence Tracker is a website that documents who every Congressman and Senator lobbies for from other countries. It’s worth a look.
Filings under the Foreign Agent Registration Act provide far more detail on how lobbyists interact with government officials than those required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act; they contain information on efforts by [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boybott, closed mind, liberty, whole foods on 19 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a great letter to the editor by Don Boudreaux.
Don
http://www.cafehayek.com/
http://marketcorrection.powerblogs.com/
………………………………….
19 August 2009
Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20071
Dear Editor:
Using gentle humor, Kathleen Parker explains why those “Progressives’” now boycotting Whole Foods should be more tolerant of WF’s CEO John Mackey’s contribution to the current conversation on government’s role in supplying health care (“Whole-Grain [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on 18 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Still think there won’t be rationing?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1774, 1804, 1806, August 18, discovery, exploration, frontier, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Meriwether Lewis, settlement on 18 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The American dream of the 19th century was one of homesteading in liberty. However, every tale of settlement must first have a prologue of exploration. Meet the explorer who made the 19th century American dream possible.
E. Wesley – Mackinac Center Intern
