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Health insurance: an oddity among insurance policies.

In this excellent article , Steven Malanga of The Manhattan Institute highlights the exceptional nature of health insurance as...

By Despina Karras | 08-20-2009

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...

By Despina Karras | 08-02-2009

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...

By Despina Karras | 07-22-2009

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Non-Profit Status for Newspapers? No. The Free Market Has Spoken

The free market has spoken. Consumers of news and information are not using newspapers as a major source of information the way they did years ago. There are now so many new resources for consumers to get news and information, most of it online or on...

Published 09-26-2009 1:50 PM by Kim Priestap

Filed under: free market, media
Is The Goal to Remake the United States into a Socialist Nation?

When Joe Wurzlebacher inadvertently tripped over candidate Barack Obama's socialist intentions, many voters scoffed. No American president would want socialism. That's just crazy talk. Here's what Barack Obama said to Joe who was distressed...

Published 07-14-2009 12:05 AM by Melissa Clouthier

Filed under: capitalism, free market, energy, government spending
BARONE: We Need a Systemic Risk Advisor, Not a Regulator

One policy of the Obama administration that has understandably attracted little public attention is its proposal to make the Federal Reserve a "systemic risk regulator." It's a well-intentioned attempt to prevent the kind of financial crisis...

Published 07-06-2009 12:24 PM by Michael Barone

Filed under: free market, stimulus, economic recovery
The Irresponsibility of Public Education: A Fiscal Case for School Choice

You ever watch "Ghost Hunters?" I love that show, even if they are conning the viewers into thinking they are dealing with real ghosts. The Detroit Public School System has a real ghost problem, though. Recently, all school district employees...

Published 06-29-2009 8:37 AM by Duane Lester

Filed under: free market, education
Obama's Health Care Infomercial

On Wednesday evening, ABC News provided the White House with an hour and a half of unfiltered propaganda to sell the President’s health care reform plan, which calls for increased taxes, a multibillion dollar expansion of the Medicare program, and...

Published 06-27-2009 12:05 AM by Michael Lewis

Filed under: free market, health care, medicare
House Democrats Reintroduce Smoot-Hawley

Congressional Democrats tell us that one of the reasons they supported a massive economic “stimulus” was because they had learned “the lessons of the Great Depression.” They argue that a massive government intervention at the start...

Published 06-26-2009 12:05 AM by Brian Faughnan

Filed under: free market, mexico, canada, free trade
Fiscal Leaders Don't Fire Inspectors General

Two months ago, while celebrating his first 100 days in the White House, President Obama portrayed himself as a fiscal leader when he urged his Cabinet to cut $100 million from their budgets. "We have an obligation to make sure that this government...

Published 06-24-2009 12:30 AM by K. Daniel Glover

Filed under: free market, economy, amtrak, inspector general
Capitalism Versus Socialism: Who Is Really "Mean?"

Money is power. And when the government takes tax dollars and employs a huge percentage of the workforce, it takes power from the people. For the statists among us, that's exactly why redistribution of wealth and rules and regulations appeal to them...

Published 06-23-2009 12:05 AM by Melissa Clouthier

Filed under: capitalism, free market, texas, california, economic recovery, michigan
The Equal Distribution of Waiting Lists

The cost of health care in America is outrageous. That is one of the main reasons for the push for health care reform by the Obama Administration. But if the high cost is the problem, does the solution lie in the government? President Barack Obama recently...

Published 06-22-2009 7:50 AM by Duane Lester

Filed under: free market, health care
Chamber's Campaign to Save Free Market Echos Worldwide Impetus

Over the past couple of decades I’ve read many stories about those in countries new to democracy being taught the principles and concepts I have always taken for granted. The following is an excerpt from one such story from a February 1997 New York...

Published 06-18-2009 9:48 AM by Lorie Byrd

Filed under: capitalism, free market, economic recovery
What Obama Can Learn from Massachusetts on Health Care

There is only one state that has managed to get health insurance to virtually all its citizens, and that’s Massachusetts, which embarked on health care reform under former Gov. Mitt Romney. The lesson for President Obama is that strengthening the...

Published 06-16-2009 7:38 AM by Eric Fehrnstrom

Filed under: free market, health care, massachusetts
Economic House of Cards

The Obama Administration’s economic house of cards is trembling and on the verge of collapse. This is not a surprise to those who paid attention to the sloppy workmanship that went into it. Nonetheless, the American people fell in love and bought...

Published 06-12-2009 2:10 PM by Kim Priestap

Filed under: free market, unemployment, stimulus, economy
The Amtrakization of General Motors

Now that the Obama administration has taken General Motors under its wing, it’s worth wondering what the exit strategy is. How quickly will the federal government sell its stake in the company, and recover the tens of billions it has loaned GM?...

Published 06-12-2009 12:05 AM by Brian Faughnan

Filed under: free market, GM, amtrak
Alarming Signs on Trade

Barack Obama made a lot of promises during his campaign. Two of the most important ones were to get the economy moving again and to improve relations with critical international partners. But a counterproductive trade agenda has already led key trading...

Published 06-05-2009 12:05 AM by Brian Faughnan

Filed under: free market, free trade
How Value-Added Taxes Threaten American Prosperity

It’s summer time and you were hoping to take a much-needed vacation with your family; in fact, your vacation has been planned for over a year now. Your family lives comfortably, but money is tight with a kid in college and another in high school...

Published 06-03-2009 1:05 AM by Laura Elizabeth Morales

Filed under: free market, texas, taxes, VAT