In 1931, the sun never set on the British Empire. For all its glories and failures, the Empire’s time had practically come to an end. Confederacy would soon take the place of empire. Read more on Landmarks of Liberty…
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Posts Tagged ‘liberty’
Statute of Westminster 1931: December 11
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1931, australia, Canada, Confederacy, December 11, Empire, Great Britain, independence, Ireland, liberty, National Sovereignty, New Zealand, Parliament, South Africa, Statute of Westminster 1931 on 8 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Unfathomable Mindset
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged healthcare, liberty, politics on 30 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a letter Don Boudreaux recently sent to the Baltimore Sun:
Don
http://www.cafehayek.com/
http://marketcorrection.powerblogs.com/
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24 November 2009
Editor, Baltimore Sun
Dear Editor:
You are right to warn against politics infecting health-care decisions (“Medicine trumps politics,” Nov. 24).
But you are also unreasonable to do so. Yours is among the most strident voices in support of Obamacare. To demand [...]
Market “Impossibilities”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, healthcare, liberty, market on 25 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a letter I recently sent to the Lansing State Journal:
In his recent letter, James W. Perkins claims that “The health-care system does not belong in the free enterprise arena, where one checks prices, then decides to buy or not to buy because the item can be done without. With health care, not treating [...]
Prosperity or Plunder?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economics, liberty, special interest, stimulus on 20 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a letter I recently sent to the Lansing State Journal:
In a recent editorial, The Lansing State Journal states that the stimulus money is key to the long term recovery of the mid-Michigan economy (“Stimulus funds matter to mid-Michigan,” Nov. 20).
Nonsense.
The majority of the stimulus has been funded through borrowed money. Every time the [...]
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ant, economics, grasshopper, incentives, liberty, modern, story on 18 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a letter to the editor that I found to the be entertaining.
To the editor:
I received this from one of my nieces as an e-mail. The author is unknown. However, I think it speaks volumes about the way our country is headed. Perhaps you would want to share with the [...]
Thoughts Out of Balance
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged balance, economics, krugman, liberty, trade on 17 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Here is a letter I recently sent to the New York Times:
In his recent op-ed, Paul Krugman expresses great concern over the growing trade deficit between the U.S. and China (“World Out of Balance,” Nov. 15). A simple example reveals why such concerns are pointless.
Suppose an American businessman decides to trade [...]
Who’s to blame?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bailout, borrow, crisis, financial, lender, liberty on 17 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a great letter to the editor by Don Boudreaux
Don
http://www.cafehayek.com/
http://marketcorrection.powerblogs.com/
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17 November 2009
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
To the Editor:
John Micetich argues that “if we add up the bailouts to all financial firms, we’re well over $1 trillion, at least 10 times more than the Fred/Fan bailout. Therefore, let’s put most of [...]
Bought and paid for?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economics, health care, liberty, payer, single on 13 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Dustin Anderson, a friend of mine, just submitted an excellent letter to the Midland Daily News:
To the editor:
In a recent letter Susan Gessford stated, “If you are not bought and paid for by the insurance companies, you will agree with this and fight with me” (The only way, Sept. 29) in referencing the [...]
Kids in a Candy Store
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, candy, granholm, liberty, Michigan, politics on 12 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a letter I recently sent to the Midland Daily News:
Dana Saxton is troubled by Granholm’s proposal to slash the agricultural extension program (Support Extension, November 12). She lists several benefits, and concludes by stating: “We need to act now! If we don’t act, we will regret it for a long time… Don’t let [...]
UPS vs Fedex
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fedex, government, interest, liberty, regulation, special, ups on 12 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
This video is by Reason Magazine and it is awesome!
Bryan Caplan on Education
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged college, economics, education, liberty, signal on 12 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Who should and shouldn’t go to college?
Bryan Caplan: There are two ways to read this question. One is: “Who gets a good financial and/or personal return from college?” My answer: people in the top 25 percent of academic ability who also have the work ethic to actually finish college. The other [...]
On the Origins of Money
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economics, liberty, menger, money, spontaneous on 6 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kurt Bouwhuis, Mackinac Center Intern
Carl Menger, the founder of the Austrian School of economics wrote a very important article in 1892 that explained the origins of money for the first time. Many believed money was a grand scheme planned out and created by the powerful rulers of empires.
Menger’s article dispelled this myth by explaining that money was not [...]
Pitfalls of Protectionism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economics, jobs, liberty, local, protectionsim on 5 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a letter I recently sent to the Midland Daily News:
In his recent letter, Bill Burk sings praises to buying local (Unions commit to local, November 4). He argues that buying local saves jobs in the community, and is therefore superior to purchasing goods made outside the community.
Although I agree that buying local saves [...]
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