Monthly Archives: September 2012

Free markets or John Maynard Keynes?

[This column was written a few years ago on a visit with friend Bob to Latvia. Its theme seems pertinent to the current election debates about what to do with our economic engine in the U.S.] Capitalism has gotten a … Continue reading

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Bribed with our own money

Peter Schiff’s role model is an incarcerated felon, his father.  The crime?  Tax evasion.  Irwin Schiff is 84 years old, and has served nine years of a 13 year sentence.  The elder Schiff played a prominent role in challenging the … Continue reading

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We have met the enemy and he is us

How many times will this simple observation be a revelation?  Uttered humbly and powerfully in 1971 by one of the most influential leaders of our time—the cartoon strip character Pogo—this statement has never been truer than it is today.  If … Continue reading

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