By Wendy Honett | Tuesday March 3, 2009 at 4:45 PM PDT | 5 Comments
Syndicated talk show host Dennis Prager interviewed Bob Higgs on Feb. 24. In case you missed it, the lovely production staff sent me this file. After discussing Obama’s stimulus plan and dispelling myths surrounding wartime spending, Prager admits to wanting to fly to Louisiana just to hug Bob. Well worth a listen.
Tags: Budget and Tax Policy, Economics, Great Depression, Presidential Power
By David Beito | at 11:06 AM PDT | 3 Comments
When I was seven years old or so growing up in the small town of Albert Lea, Minnesota, Paul Harvey was one of the first voices I heard in the morning. His memorable over-the-top delivery kept me entertained as I gulped down my mother’s signature “mush” (which, contrary to the name, was a tasty...
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Tags: American History, Budget and Tax Policy, Constitution, Entertainment, Personal Liberty, Presidential Power, War
By David J. Theroux | at 12:26 AM PDT | 5 Comments
In 1944, a book was published that shook the intellectual and political cultures of the Western world. Dedicated to “The Socialists of All Parties,” The Road to Serfdom was authored by the Austrian School economist Friedrich A. Hayek, who subsequently received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974. In his book, Hayek vividly showed...
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