by Walter Williams | Dec 13, 2000 | Economics, POLITICS
Rather than my usual fall schedule of teaching in the Economics Department at George Mason University, I taught “The Economic Foundations of Legal Studies” at the university’s School of Law to first-year law students. Economics is no stranger at...
by Andrew West | Dec 12, 2000 | Antitrust & Monopolies, POLITICS
I was saddened to see the lead article in last Tuesday’s (12/5/00) Wall St. Journal “Microsoft Tries to Lob Monkey Wrench Into AOL-Time Warner Deal.” In the story, reporters alleged Microsoft might be cooperating with the Federal Trade Commission to...
by Robert W Tracinski | Dec 11, 2000 | Environment
My friend Jack predicted this. When the first flurry of lawsuits was filed in Florida, he told me: keep an eye on the other news. Some government agency, he warned, will spring a new regulation on us — and they will get away with it, because everyone’s...
by Walter Williams | Dec 11, 2000 | POLITICS
The Federal Trade Commission has released its year-long study showing how Hollywood’s film industry, the music industry and the video-game industry have been deliberately targeting and marketing all manner of filth and violence to America’s children. No...
by Thomas Sowell | Dec 10, 2000 | POLITICS
Some books are good, some are bad, but very few are real gems. One of these few gems is the recently published book “The Mystery of Capital” by Hernando de Soto. The subtitle tells what it is really about: “Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and...
by Paul Craig Roberts | Dec 10, 2000 | POLITICS
Tyranny is creeping up on us. If you don’t believe it, consider the most prominent hallmarks of the Nazi and Communist regimes, which sought to supplant democracy in the 20th century. In National Socialist Germany and the Soviet Union, there were no First...
by RichardBoultonetc | Dec 10, 2000 | POLITICS
The following is an excerpt from the book Cracking the Value Code: How Successful Businesses Are Creating Wealth in the New Economy by Richard E.S. Boulton, Barry D. Libert and Steve M. Samek:How much does the New Economy weigh? Answer: A lot less than you might...
by Thomas Sowell | Dec 9, 2000 | POLITICS
A recent Census Bureau study of incomes in the United States not only reveals some interesting facts about the economic well-being of Americans, it reveals even more about the mindset of our times, especially among the intelligentsia. Amid pages and pages of tightly...
by Hans Peter Brondmo | Dec 9, 2000 | POLITICS, Technology
The following is an excerpt from the book The Engaged Customer: The New Rules of Internet Direct Marketing:It may sound odd, but the Holy Grail of Internet commerce and marketing is to provide the same kind of service that merchants and storekeepers did about a...
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