POLITICAL UPDATE--Economics and Government

This update focuses on economics and government. Economics can help us to anticipate the consequences of our actions. Government consistently creates perverse incentives that make problems worse.

Michael Rozeff explains how government and labor unions work together to rob you.
Tim Carney shows that, instead of promoting free markets, many businesses fund liberalism.
Walter Williams explains how government makes natural disasters worse.
Williams explains that bogus notions about rights have fueled the government's growth.
Mac Johnson argues that government uses "free trade" to take away American sovereignty.
Phyllis Schlafly explains how welfare creates perverse incentives that destroy families.
Williams shows that the federal deficit leads to inflation.
Williams writes that minimum wage laws discriminate against blacks.
Warren Mass explains that the Federal Reserve causes inflation, which increases gas prices.

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