Archive for the ‘Economics’ Category

Politics and Generosity

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

This following article illustrates one of the major differences between conservatives and liberals: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/204/story_20419_1.html Ever since the New Deal, the liberal philosophy about charity has been that it begins not at home, but in Washington.  As a result, many liberals tend to think that the morally neutral act of "rendering to Caesar" is ...

Gas Prices

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Remember how Bush made gas prices go up?  Now that gas prices are going down, what is Bush doing to make them go down? Does anybody know?

Democrats and House Republicans are Racist

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Yes, that headline is just an attention getter. Neither party actually intends to be racist or discriminatory but raising the minimum wage has the unintended concequence of causing primarily women and blacks to lose their jobs. How you ask? Simple neoclassical economics of course. Raising the minimum wage ...