Showing posts with label steve landsburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steve landsburg. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Accounting Magic: Double Economic Growth Overnight, Nigeria Edition

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All it takes for Nigeria to magically double the size of her economy is to apply some accounting-statistical trickery. From Simon Black...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Quote of the Day: Why using moral suasion as a policy tool is a bad thing

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When you cast policy issues in moral terms, you degrade the character of public discourse. You lead people to see conflicting priorities a...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Quote of the Day: The Benefits of Population Growth

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The benefits of population growth come from the fact that the more people there are in the world, the more people you have to interact wit...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

Quote of the Day: Nobody is More Generous than the Miser

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In this whole world, there is nobody more generous than the miser—the man who could deplete the world’s resources but chooses not to. The ...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Quote of the Day: Economic Value of Politicians

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By what insane calculation is a congressional candidate more representative of society than an entrepreneur, a corporate director, or a ...
Friday, July 20, 2012

Why Macroeconomics as Policy Tool Shouldn’t be Trusted…

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…especially of the Paul Krugman strain. Writes author and University of Rochester professor Steven Landsburg, (bold original) Supply...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Quote of the Day: Care about the Future? Reduce Capital Taxes

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There are only three things you and I can do to make the future world a better place. First, we can consume less, leaving more resou...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Quote of the Day: The Religion called Environmentalism

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The hallmark of science is a commitment to follow arguments to their logical conclusions; the hallmark of certain kinds of religion is a ...
Friday, March 11, 2011

It’s The Spending, Not Debt Stupid!

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In excoriating mainstream media’s miasmatic logic, author and Professor Steven Landsburg eloquently explains why government debt isn’t the p...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Economic Freedom Is Key To Prosperity

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Great stuff from Professor Walter Williams , (bold highlights mine) Poverty in Egypt, or anywhere else, is not very difficult to explai...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Quote of the Day: You Can’t Eat QE 2.0!

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From Professor Steve Landsburg , You can’t make the world a richer place just by creating dollars. Dollars are claims on wealth, but th...