Economics

Ten Recurring Economic Fallacies, 1774?2004 By H.A. Scott Trask Posted on 7/26/2004 Myth #1: The Broken Window One of the most persistent is that of the broken window?one breaks and this is celebrated as a boon to the economy: the window manufacturer gets an order the hardware store sells a window a carpenter is hired [...]

How odd I find it, when you do your taxes, and THEY owe YOU money back, even if you E file, it takes them 2-4 WEEKS to send you a check or a debit to your checking account. (and they nab you for an extra 15.00 for that). BUT—When YOU OWE THEM….I sent the IRS [...]

Save the date–Central Terminal–12-8pm. This entry was posted on Monday, April 17th, 2006 at 12:58 pm and is filed under . You can follow any responses to this entry through the feed. You can , or from your own site. Leave a Reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website XHTML: You can [...]

Since the fall of Saddam, he’s mismanaged his forces and he’s mismanaged the developing internal political situation in Iraq. He’s alienated natural allies in the region. Going in had looked like an opportunity to gain a long-term strategic asset and an ideological partner in the Middle East, but it’s turning into a dead-end. A morass–dare [...]

Theresa the Great will be on WBEN at 1pm today. Don’t miss it. She’s been a big booster of Free Buffalo all along. This entry was posted on Saturday, April 15th, 2006 at 9:49 am and is filed under . You can follow any responses to this entry through the feed. You can , or [...]

The Western New York Coalition for Progress has issued a report concerning possible revision of the Erie County Charter. http://www.wnyprogress.org/county_report.pdf The report rejects any major change in the form of county government and instead recommends relatively small changes here and there. This report confirms my view all along that this is a “reform liberal” group. [...]

The debate over whether Buffalo needs major change is over. Just drive around the area with clear eyes and observe a region in decline. Now the question is, how can we tell those who support real change from those who are simply marketing change to stay in power or to maintain the status quo? Brian [...]

Today’s ‘Islamic Fascists&#8217 Were Yesterday’s Friends by Brendan O’Neill Over the past 80 years, Western governments and their allies have supported radical Islamist groups. However, this was not merely opportunism, a bad case of “my enemy’s enemy is my friend.&#8221 As part of this process, Western governments seriously denigrated popular secular and democratic movements. Indeed, [...]

Broadway of course. We have an information table at the top of the escalators. I’ll be there from 11-3pm. Stop by and say hello or ask me a tough question like, “What do you think of Byron Brown’s first 100 days?” This entry was posted on Saturday, April 15th, 2006 at 9:51 am and is [...]

This is from my speech at the founding meeting of Primary Challenge: Sure, government can be reformed on paper, but my point is that, in the long run, the reforms will fail to cure what is wrong with government. What is wrong with government is its government-ness. Government is a coercive monopoly and all of [...]