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The Economic Reality of Health Care Costs

In the ongoing health care debate, it is often difficult to understand the complexity of the problems that are going to be caused by rising health care costs over the next few years. With the population aging and programs like Medicare quickly running...

Published 08-06-2009 7:00 AM by John Hanlon

Filed under: economics, health care reform, John Hanlon

Fact Check: Obama said that cash for clunkers "exceeded all expectations"- Did it?

"But I'm happy to report that it has succeeded well beyond our expectations and all expectations, and we're already seeing a dramatic increase in showroom traffic at local car dealers." -Barack Obama President Obama recently used the...

Published 08-03-2009 7:00 PM by John Hanlon

Filed under: Cash for Clunkers, economics, fact check, John Hanlon

Justifying government interference by demonizing, oversimplifying.

This week, the House passed a bill that imposes further regulations on financial firms - on executive pay which is bad enough in itself, and to add insult to injury, on the way those firms and employees do business. The bill is "aimed at preventing...

Published 08-02-2009 11:00 AM by Despina Karras

Filed under: economy, capitalism, free market, business concerns, investors, economic crisis, regulation, government, economics, federal government, action, government intrusion, government expansion

An Impossible Promise: Capping Costs But Not Benefits

Unlike our President and many of our representatives in Congress, I've tried to read the 1000+ page health care bill a few times this week. As a lawyer, I'm used to dealing with tedious and confusing legal jargon, yet this monolithic bill is still...

Published 07-22-2009 6:10 PM by Despina Karras

Filed under: free market, stimulus package, stimulus, universal health care, Heritage Foundation, insurance, economics, federal government, health care benefits, health care tax, "the demands of this moment", health care reform, deadlines

SEC Makes Proposals in Stockholder's Interests

Crack open any financial textbook and you’ll find the objective of every finance department is to “maximize shareholder wealth.” That is their objective, concern, and responsibility. When individual investors buy into a company, they...

Published 07-02-2009 2:16 PM by Grace Boatright

Filed under: capitalism, free market, business concerns, economics

Obama supporters on cap and trade: a huge tax that will decrease GDP

"I think if you get into the way it was written, it's a huge tax and there's no sense calling it anything else. I mean, it is a tax ." So says Warren Buffett , Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and perhaps even more importantly, one of...

Published 06-28-2009 10:47 PM by Despina Karras

Filed under: energy, cap and trade, capitalism, free market, stimulus package, government spending, taxes, stimulus, job losses, tax issues, economic crisis, regulation, unemployment, green jobs, cap and tax, consumers, economics, environmentalists

The Question that our Political Leaders should be asking every day...

Last night, the Jewish Policy Center hosted an excellent panel discussion on economics in Washington D.C. Talk radio host and bestselling author Michael Medved moderated the discussion that included Stephen Moore from the Wall Street Journal and economic...

Published 06-15-2009 7:00 AM by John Hanlon

Filed under: stimulus, health care, economics

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