Arnold Kling's fantasy testimony to Congress on the causes of the mortgage and financial crises,...
Given the unoccupied housing glut, attempts by policymakers to try to boost house prices are lik...
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/10/my_fantasy_test.html
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In opposing government regulation, no free-market advocate believes the public should be left to...
http://www.fee.org/in_brief/default.asp?id=2381
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Robert Higgs reads the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 with a jaundiced eye.
But not to worry. The statute also provides for creation of a Financial Stability Oversight Boar...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2333
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It's not all George W. Bush's fault, but he is part of the problem.
In its budget documents in February, OMB estimated that next year’s national debt would hit $1...
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/29/couricandco/entry4486228.shtml
Oct 06, 2008
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How to back up a Mac to a FreeBSD machine using OS X's Time Machine.
http://blogs.freebsdish.org/rpaulo/2008/10/04/apple-time-machine-freebsd-in-14-steps/
Oct 06, 2008
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Shall we not see them lit again in our lifetime?
Much of Europe was happy and optimistic when [World War I] was finally declared. Many people are...
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/10/the_lamps_are_g.html
Oct 03, 2008
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The reality is that the Paulson plan is nothing more than a government assistance package for a ...
http://www.american.com/archive/2008/october-10-08/main-street-vs-wall-street
Oct 03, 2008
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The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and low interest rates -- along with the regulatory push for mor...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122298982558700341.html
Oct 03, 2008
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Drug-sniffing dogs are frequently wrong. I wonder how much of that is the dogs' fault, and how ...
The narcotics-sniffing dog Zuul smells drugs on almost every car he checks. But t...
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/21/me-drug-dog-results-can-be-spotty/
Oct 03, 2008
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Alan Sloan uses Federal Reserve data to show that the credit market is still functioning.
Contrary to many comments, consumer and industrial loans actually increased in the latest week. ...
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/10/01/interbank-lending-ted-oped-cx_ar_1001reynolds.html
Oct 03, 2008
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This is more like "the secret <em>future</em> of the bailout." Michael Flynn predicts that poli...
To paraphrase Mencken, this solution is neat, plausible, and wrong. The first failing is somethi...
http://www.reason.com/news/show/129220.html
Oct 03, 2008
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John Lott surveys economists' opinions on the bailout.
The economists’ list of objections to the bailout proposals is long, but the most common was t...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,431645,00.html
Oct 03, 2008
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The greatest cost of the bailout, writes Anthony Randazzo, is the innovation that won't happen b...
The bailout is pollution for our financial future. And most people know it. The frustrating part...
http://reason.com/news/show/129202.html
Oct 02, 2008
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Mike Flynn tells the story.
One of the major factors pushing investors into these securities was the Federal Reserve's weak ...
http://www.reason.com/news/show/129158.html
Oct 01, 2008
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Daniel Mitchell argues against the bailout.
The bailout repeats the mistakes Japan made in the 1990s. There are several historical episodes ...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/financial_bailout_would_impose.html
Oct 01, 2008
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The loan guarantees were included in a continuing resolution that included funding for the US go...
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080928164938.dtc44u1c&show_article=1&lst=1
Oct 01, 2008
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Henry Paulson as telemarketer.
This technique is one of the last ones in the the Shafiroff book [on telephone selling]. Once an...
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/09/latest-paulson.html
Sep 30, 2008
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Jeffrey Miron argues against the bailout plan.
Thoughtful advocates of the bailout . . . argue that a bailout is necessary to prevent economic ...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/29/miron.bailout/index.html
Sep 30, 2008
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Those of us who support free markets are not your enemies right now. The real problem here is th...
http://myslu.stlawu.edu/~shorwitz/open_letter.htm
Sep 29, 2008
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The Paulson plan may turn a profit . . . if everything goes right. If house prices decline furt...
The problem is that the impact on security values is asymmetric. The upside is limited. The bett...
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/09/the_profit_oppo.html
Sep 29, 2008
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Bernanke, Paulson and Ed Lazear, chairman of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, all ...
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/09/28/bernanke-bailout-crisis-oped-cx_drh_0928henderson.html
Sep 29, 2008
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Banks are charging more to loan to each other, and they've tightened lending standards to protec...
Banks throughout the United States carried on with the business of making loans yesterday even a...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092504155_pf.html
Sep 26, 2008
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There is a misconception that President Bush’s years in office have been characterized by a ha...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/business/14view.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
Sep 26, 2008
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The Treasury Secretary's warnings of impending doom are vague, and his solution is a bad idea.
But when Plan A is the de facto nationalization of the U.S. economy, it's fair to ask, just how ...
http://reason.com/news/show/129005.html
Sep 25, 2008
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Steve Chapman argues against the bailout.
And for what? Bernanke warns of a recession. But economic downturns are not to be avoided at all...
http://www.reason.com/news/show/129020.html
Sep 25, 2008
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