Reason.tv: Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey — The Decline of a Once-Great City Here’s the first full episode of Drew Carey’s series on Cleveland, and ways to revitalize the city. Sixty years ago, Cleveland was a booming city full of promise, opportunity, and people. Today, the city’s population is less half of what it…
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Free Markets, Government Spending, Laws/Regulations, Libertarians, Poverty
Reason.tv: Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey — Introduction
by JOHN ADAMS •
Drew Carey has a series at Reason.tv about his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland’s a big place, but Carey’s proposals for revitalizing his town would apply to other places in the Midwest, including far smaller ones. Here’s an introduction to his series: Click …to watch Drew introduce the series that just might save his hometown.…
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Reason.tv: UPS vs. FEDEX—Ultimate Whiteboard Remix
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s a Reason.tv post about how the government’s taking part in a conflict between UPS and FedEx. You may have heard the UPS is in quite the fight with FEDEX. Though both are package-delivery companies, they’re governed by totally different federal labor rules. As a result, UPS’s workforce is much more heavily unionized than FEDEX’s—and…
Economy, Free Markets, Libertarians
Reason.tv: Gov. Gary Johnson on His Economic Vision for “Our America”
by JOHN ADAMS •
From Reason.tv, here’s a half-hour presentation from former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson on free market economic solutions for America. Here’s a description from Reason: On Tuesday, February 9, in the midst of one of the biggest snowstorms in recent Washington, D.C. memory, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and Harvard economist (and Reason contributor)…
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In cases like Toyota, free market works better than government: from San Jose Mercury News
by JOHN ADAMS •
Economy, Free Markets
Epoch Times — Capitalism: Passé or Neo-Classic?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Neo-Classic! From the story in the Epoch Times: The economy seems to be showing signs of recovery, but people’s faith in capitalism are being put to a test in face of tough challenges such as the current health care reform. Has capitalism stopped working for the U.S.? What is the cure for today’s troubled economy,…
City, Free Markets, Libertarians
“Quiet Libertarian Victories”
by JOHN ADAMS •
Jeremy Lott has a brief essay entitled, Quiet Libertarian Victories, about how the last year has proved libertarians right about their core principles, and some successes effecting change toward more liberty. Lott observes that The last several years have not been easy for libertarians to stomach. The U.S. government, which had bloated under President George…
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Radioactive Corporate Welfare – Cato @ Liberty
by JOHN ADAMS •
Economy, Free Markets, Libertarians
Libertarian Cato Institute Deservedly Named One of World’s Leading Think Tanks
by JOHN ADAMS •
Congratulations to the Cato Institute, named one of the leading policy institutes in the world, following a major academic survey. Libertarians have reason for confidence in their views in any event, but the policy scholars at Cato are admirably advancing ideas for “individual liberty, free markets, and peace.” Now you know, and I know, that…
Economy, Free Markets, Planning
Why the Slow Recovery? – Cato @ Liberty
by JOHN ADAMS •
Free Markets
NASA and the Free Market
by JOHN ADAMS •
Not long ago, I wrote that it would be a good idea to turn human space exploration from NASA’s responsibility to the private sector. Imagine how happy I was to see a blog post from Dallas entitled, NASA Believes in the Free Market. The headline promised auspicious news – another efficiency from free exchange –…
Economy, Free Markets, Planning
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. Isn’t as Free as It Used to Be
by JOHN ADAMS •
No, it’s not, is it? The United States is losing ground to its major competitors in the global marketplace, according to the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom released today by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. This year, of the world’s 20 largest economies, the U.S. suffered the largest drop in overall economic…
Development, Economy, Free Markets, Libertarians
Reason: Luck and Virtue in America and Haiti
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over at Reason.com, Steve Chapman writes about the earthquake in Haiti, and about prosperity in America, in an article entitled, Luck and Virtue in America and Haiti: Understanding the impact of the Haitian earthquake. From his essay: I look after the trees in my yard, making sure they get water, checking them periodically for signs…