A man who understood the mechanics of incentives so well. Happy birthday Milton!
Tag: Economics
Milton Friedman Gives A Jobs Speech – Part 8
There are so many lessons to be learned. From illegal immigration to Right To Work issues Friedman cuts through the crap and presents the factual environment which exists. The Dialogue afterward as always worth considering to see the arguments both…
Milton Friedman Gives A Jobs Speech – Part 4
Cradle To Grave government effect on our personal and national economies. As usual Friedman is correct.
Milton Friedman Gives A Jobs Speech – Part 2
Number 2 in the series. Another well spent hour
Milton Friedman Gives A Jobs Speech – Part 1
The President gave a speech on how he would create jobs, and today the markets had a belly ache. As of this writing, the market down by over 300. Happy Friday. A friend found this video series that is well…
Raise Your Prices.
Bad advice? Many people in government, who have not worked in the private sector, do not understand the mechanics of economics. They have heard that ‘higher demand and lowered supplies’ creates ‘high prices,’ yet think it serves only the greed…
Quote of the Day..
Merely a small part of the larger article on free markets by one of my economic heroes, Walter Williams: The market is a friend in another unappreciated way. In poor black neighborhoods, one might see some nice clothing, some nice…
Minimum wage: Even a 200 level Econ class can show it’s silly
I wrote this 22 FEB 08, prior to the crash of Random Rants from an Airline Employee. I decided to re-post it given a column I’d writen for CM-Life. Enjoy. -Jason Jr. I’m currently taking ECO 222 – Behavioral Economics.…
Obama to pimp stimulus plan at George Mason University
Apparently at 11 EST today, Obama is going to try and pimp his “stimulus plan”. Of course for those that have even the slightest sense of economic knowledge know that government taking/printing and spending of money doesn’t help economies. That…