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Posts Tagged ‘Friedrich Hayek’

  • Question Cap and Trade at Your Peril

    Posted June 12th, 2009 at 3:42pm in Enterprise and Free Markets 28

    The Hill reports today: Energy panel Republicans are levying accusations of witness intimidation against Democratic Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), one of the key authors of the contentious House climate change bill. Republicans have seized on a letter – a copy of which was obtained by The Hill – that Markey penned to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman [...] More

  • Words of Warning from 1940

    Posted May 16th, 2009 at 11:52am in First Principles 10

    Herbert Hoover was no laissez-faire president like Calvin Coolidge, however he did respect the constitution, and he never was willing to go as far as Franklin Roosevelt. He made a speech just before Roosevelt’s election to a third term, in which he made some salient points—ones we would still be wise to consider today. With Hitler, [...] More

  • Hayek’s Birthday

    Posted May 8th, 2009 at 2:36pm in First Principles 1

    Today is Friedrich Hayek’s birthday and it is an important year to celebrate his birth. Although the twentieth century was the century of Hayek, this year seems also to be the year of Hayek. As a country, we are belatedly remembering his warnings, and seeing the consequences of ignoring them for so long. Hayek explained many [...] More