Enron and Social Security Reform
Everyone with an axe to grind is using the example of Enron to grind free markets. And Paul Krugman is doing no less in a December 4, 2001, New York Times op-ed, “A Defining Issue.” Krugman is using Enron to demonstrate the terrible dangers of...What is Economics?
To know what economics is, we must first know what an economy is. Perhaps most of us think of an economy as a system for the production and distribution of the goods and services we use in everyday life. That is true as far as it goes, but it does not go far enough....What About the War Against Chutzpah?
As we undertake the War against Terrorism, President Bush should simultaneously announce a “War against Chutzpah.” New York Rep. Nita Lowey, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairwoman, stands near the top of the Most Wanted List in our new...Reducing Expenses in a Down Economy
Most of the people I know are looking for ways to reduce expenses, either because they have lost most of their net worth, lost Wheir job, or feel they are about to lose their job. Not a very happy way to begin this column on personal finance,?but those are the cold...The Right To Know What the Government is Doing
With America immersed in a war against terrorism, journalists are beginning to face longer FOIA reply periods, and official data on government Web sites disappearing from public view for security reasons.
