Environmentalism thus stands a very strong chance of ultimately reverting to the more traditional socialism of massive government construction and engineering projects.
George Reisman
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The Green Business Racket
While a normal business seeks to add amenities to its offerings, a so-called Green Business seeks to subtract them, by means of pursuing a deliberate policy of corner cutting.
Root Cause of the Failure of Contemporary Education
With little exaggeration, the whole of contemporary education can be described as a process of encumbering the student’s mind with as little knowledge as possible.
Joseph Stiglitz on How Not to Fix the Global Economy
Such global “trade imbalances” are not a problem. They are a profoundly important means of preventing problems. What will cause a problem is allowing wreckers, devoid of serious knowledge of economics, to “fix” things.
Silencing Opposition to Greens on Global Warming
The petition I have referred to has no financial support from Exxon or any other company in the oil, coal, or natural gas industries. Can the same thing be said about governmental support of The Royal Society and the endless “studies” dedicated to advancing the Green agenda?
Betting California
In a move reminiscent of television’s popular “World Poker Tour,” in which a player announces that he is “all in,” their new law mandates that by the year 2020, California will emit 25 percent less carbon dioxide than it now does.
The Looming Lactation-Station Crisis and How to Solve It
The newest crisis of what the left describes as “social injustice.”
Intertwined Insanities
The insanities of Islamo-fascism and of environmentalism are connected.
Wage Rates and Purchasing Power
Environmentalism thus stands a very strong chance of ultimately reverting to the more traditional socialism of massive government construction and engineering projects.
Incitement to Class War
The principal obstacle in the way of saving and capital accumulation and thus the rise in real wages is government welfare-state spending.
Mining for the Next Million Years
Our growing problems in connection with the supply of natural resources are not caused by nature but by us.
Free-Market Science vs. Government Science
Serious scientists are concerned with the pursuit of science, not the politics of science.
Environmentalism Raises Profits at the Expense of Wages
Environmentalism is a movement dedicated to the undoing of the Industrial Revolution. If not checked, one of its results will be the progressive reduction of wages and the further elevation of profit incomes based on the ownership of land and natural resources.
Government Budget Deficits Reduce Wages and Raise Profits
Growing budget deficits are part of the explanation of profits rising relative to wages.
A “Progressive” Fourth of July Celebration
A demonstration of a newspaper’s hostility to the fundamental values on which the United States was built.
Hating Success and the American Way of Life
The Times shows itself to be the enemy of human success.
Gasoline Rationing via “Tradeable Gasoline Rights”
Gasoline Rationing Scheme but Economic Freedom Will Improve the Environment and Promote National Security
The Flagellation of the Pursuit of Happiness
Krugman and his ilk actually care nothing whatever for the welfare of the poor. For them the suffering of the poor is merely a weapon with which to beat down the aspirations and success of the rich, which alone can elevate the poor.
The Sorry State of Our Union
There is simply no way for a Congressman to read and understand the torrent of legislation that is proposed in every session of Congress. It is simply too vast.
Gasoline at 10 Cents a Gallon and Falling
Does gasoline at 10 cents a gallon and falling sound impossible in today’s world?
“Price Gouging” and The Price of Oil
Since 1976, because of environmental regulations, not a single additional oil refinery has been constructed in the United States.
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