Economic Arguments Against Keynesian Proposals Can Balance Out Pro-Spending Coverage

With the 2010 mid-term elections approaching, time is running out for big spenders to force through new Keynesian measures and the New York Times is not pleased. A new report warns against the political fallout for Republicans who prioritize budget cuts over stimulus programs. There is limited value in the standard back and forth between competing lawmakers. Instead more economists should be permitted to debate the merits of new spending plans.. “Deficit Hawks” who are ambitious to roll back ...

Professor Boudreaux Responds to Pro-Tariff Arguments

The productivity of foreign workers is not falsely attributed to American workers as George Mason Professor Donald Boudreaux explains in his letter to the editor. The understanding of productivity measurements promoted in a New York Times op-ed piece is "fatally confused," he says... Wrongheaded economic ideas that translate into flawed public policy still find their way into circulation thanks in no small part to the disinformation spread by a compliant news media. In a letter to the editor ...