By Randall Holcombe | Thursday June 18, 2009 at 11:06 AM PDT | 15 Comments
I’m not an expert on the German health care system, but as we move toward nationalized health care in the U.S., I can’t help but think back to something I witnessed in Berlin, when I was there for a conference in 2004. I was walking from the conference venue to my hotel when I...
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Tags: Europe, Healthcare, Nationalization, Socialism, The State, Welfare
By Robert Higgs | at 10:09 AM PDT | 2 Comments
Jack Welch, former Chairman and CEO of General Electric, gives CNBC his opinion of Ben Bernanke: “I think he saved the system, I think he’s a national hero,” Welch said. “I think Bernanke seems to be a guy operating on a clear intellectual framework. This guy’s done a hell of a good job.” Perhaps Bernanke...
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Tags: AIG, Bailouts, Ben Bernanke, Depression, Economics, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, General Electric, Inflation, Keynesian economics, Money and Banking, Presidential Power, recession
