Robert Higgs Speaks on the U.S. Government’s Ethanol Scam - David J. Theroux

Robert Higgs Speaks on the U.S. Government’s Ethanol Scam »

By David J. Theroux | Thursday May 26, 2011 at 6:05 PM PDT | 1 Comment

Here is Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs speaking on “Ethanol Subsidies Have Many Bad Consequences,” from the Mises Circle seminar, “Agricultural Subsidies: Down on the D.C. Farm,” held May 14th in Indianapolis. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download audio file (27:51 minutes) Please also see the following books: Plowshares & Pork...
Read More »

Tags: Agricultural Subsidies, Agriculture, Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Business, corn, Corporatism, E. C. Pasour, Economics, Energy, Environment, farm subsidies, Food, Global Warming, Government subsidies, green policies, Land use, Mercantilism, Mises Circle, Plowshares & Pork Barrels, political pork, Politics, Price Control, Randal Rucker, Regulation, Robert Higgs, Sustainable Development, Trade, Transportation

Alex Tabarrok Interviewed on Freakonomics Radio: The Economics of Bounty Hunting »

By David J. Theroux | at 4:29 PM PDT | 0 Comments

Independent Institute Research Director Alex Tabarrok is interviewed by Stephen Dubner of Freakonomics Radio in “To Catch a Fugitive,” on the enormous advantages of private bounty hunting over government police enforcement of bail jumping. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download audio file (20:14 minutes) Here also is a transcript of the interview....
Read More »

Tags: Alex Tabarrok, bail bondsman, Business, Changing the Guard, Civil Society, Criminal Justice, Economics, Entrepreneurial Economics, Freakonomics, fugitive from justice, Insurance, Judge and Jury, Law, Police, private policing, Privatization, Stephen Dubner, The Voluntary City, To Catch a Fugitive, Tort Law, Urban Issues

Free Shipping On Orders Over $60! (Within U.S.A.)

	*POPE FRANCIS AND THE CARING SOCIETY* Edited By Robert M. Whaples
	*CHINA’S GREAT MIGRATION: How the Poor Built a Prosperous Nation* By Bradley M. Gardner
	*CROSSROADS FOR LIBERTY: Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution* By William J. Watkins
	*FUTURE: Economic Peril or Prosperity?* Edited By Christopher J. Coyne, Michael C. Munger, and Robert M. Whaples
	*FAILURE: The Federal Misedukation of America’s Children* By Vicki E. Alger
	*NATURE UNBOUND: Bureaucracy vs. the Environment* By Kenneth J. Sim, Randy T Simmons, and Ryan M. Yonk
	*THE MIDAS PARADOX: Financial Markets, Government Policy Shocks, and the Great Depression* By Scott Sumner
	*THE ECONOMICS OF IMMIGRATION: Market-Based Approaches, Social Science, and Public Policy* Edited By Benjamin W. Powell
	*TAKING A STAND: Reflections on Life, Liberty, and the Economy* By Robert Higgs
	*CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis* By Robert P. Murphy


Free Shipping On Orders Over $60! (Within U.S.A.)

	*CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Lessons on How to Resolve America’s Public Pension Crisis* By Lawrence J. McQuillan
	*A BETTER CHOICE: Healthcare Solutions for America* By John C. Goodman
	*RECARVING RUSHMORE: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty* By Ivan Eland
	*PATENT TROLLS: Predatory Litigation and the Smothering of Innovation* By William J. Watkins Jr.
	*GUN CONTROL IN THE THIRD REICH: Disarming the Jews and “Enemies of the State”* By Stephen P. Halbrook
	*THE TERRIBLE 10: A Century of Economic Folly* By Burton A. Abrams
	*GLOBAL CROSSINGS: Immigration, Civilization, and America* By Alvaro Vargas Llosa
	*THE POWER OF HABEAS CORPUS IN AMERICA: From the King's Prerogative to the War on Terror* By Anthony Gregory
	*RISKY BUSINESS: Insurance Markets and Regulation* Edited by Lawrence S. Powell
	*CRISIS AND LEVIATHAN (25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION): Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government* By Robert Higgs

Search

Free Email Updates

Recent Posts

Featured Authors

Shop at Amazon.com

New Books

Archives

Blogroll

More Books

Archive for May 26th, 2011

Robert Higgs Speaks on the U.S. Government’s Ethanol Scam »

Alex Tabarrok Interviewed on Freakonomics Radio: The Economics of Bounty Hunting »