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1.PAUL MORENO: The Milk Man Cometh (hnn.us)
Dairy farmers have induced the Attorney General of Vermont to investigate their complaint they are being exploited by a milk-processing monopoly. And Vermont’s Socialist Senator, Bernie Sanders, has also urged the Justice Department to investigat...
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2.Famous Last Words: U.S. Will ‘Never’ Lose Aaa Debt Rating (globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com)
Treasury secretary Tim Geithner, who arguably belongs in prison for his role in the AIG bailout coverup, is back in the news again.Please consider Geithner Says U.S. Will ‘Never’ Lose Aaa Debt Rating.Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the U.S....
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3.Obama Administration Demands Anthem Blue Cross Justify Massive Rate Hikes (www.truthout.org)
The Obama administration is demanding that California’s largest for-profit health insurer, Anthem Blue Cross, justify a planned 39 percent rate increase for some of its 800,000 customers while the firm’s parent company saw its profits soar ...
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4.Costa Rica Elects First Woman President, Inspiring the Region (www.truthout.org)
Laura Chinchilla won Costa Rica's presidential election in a landslide victory Sunday that is eliciting cheers from women across Central America. San Jose, Costa Rica; and Panama City - Center-right politician Laura Chinchilla is set to become Costa Ri...
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5.How Many Innocent People Are in Prison? (www.theagitator.com)
My crime column this week looks at that question in light of the 25oth DNA exoneration last week.
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6.Audi, the Schindler of our eco-totalitarian future (www.tuccille.com)
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7.This is why economists will always be employed (divisionoflabour.com)
A Jan 26-27 Gallup poll asked people about economic concepts, including how much we all like socialism: More than one-third of Americans (36%) have a positive image of "socialism," while 58% have a negative image. Views differ by party and ideology, wi...
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8.NH: New sovereignty bill - New Hamsphire state's rights (www.youtube.com)
NH: New sovereignty bill - New Hamsphire state's rights NH: New sovereignty bill - New Hamsphire state's rights Sponsor: nhliberty.org - How to buy an ad on the Ridley Report.......
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9.Americans Reject Keynesian Economics; 83% Blame Deficit on Politicians (globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com)
In light of actual policies coming from Congress and the Obama administration you may be surprised to learn Americans Reject Keynesian Economics.Richard Nixon once said, “We’re all Keynesians now.” But that was a long time ago, and it’s certainly not t...
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10.voluntary socialism versus human nature (blog.mises.org)
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11.Against Monopoly: Abstinence programs work (www.againstmonopoly.org)
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12.She Chose (cafehayek.com)
Thanks to Andrew Garland for this link, which provides details about Melanie Shouse, the St. Louis woman who once worked for the Obama campaign and who died last week of breast cancer. Contrary to the implication that I drew in my previous post, Mr. Ob...
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13.Teacher from Canada Chimes in on the "Bankrupt Education System" (globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com)
In response to Are Teachers To Blame For Economic Illiteracy? I received more emails than on anything else I have ever written.I expected a lot of hate mail from teachers but that was not the case. Most were positive or at least neutral. Many of them a...
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14.House Likely to End Health Insurers' Antitrust Exemption (www.truthout.org)
Washington - The House of Representatives plans next week to vote on — and probably approve — a measure to strip health insurers' antitrust protections, which will be Congress' first step this year to try to overhaul the nation's health car...
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15.Irrationality, papers, fire & knives (www.psychopolitik.com)
That, even with (to hear the talking heads tell it) control of the White House & both chambers of congress by Hippie Librul Socialist Pacifists, such a quaint concept as “just because an agent of the government says someone is X doesn’t...
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16.Intellectual Property: Lessig: Congress is broken and Obama has failed (www.againstmonopoly.org)
Lawrence Lessig's name appears on our blogrole which, however, has been hibernated since August 20 last year. I can't tell whether our readers or my colleagues are aware of what he is up to. Today I came across this article in The Nation %26lt;a href="...
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17.Survey on the FDA (econlog.econlib.org)
I just finished filling out my survey on my views of the Food and Drug Administration's monopoly on approvals of drugs and medical devices. I was one of 305 economists asked by Econ Journal Watch to do so. Most of...
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18.2nd abortion ad to air in SuperBowl (www.ifeminists.net)
Theres a new Super Bowl surprise from Focus on the Family...a second ad.
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19.The harm of parental notification laws (www.ifeminists.net)
Parental Notification Laws for Abortion Cause Physical and Emotional Harm?
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20.Utah House OKs ultrasounds before abortions (www.ifeminists.net)
A state abortion bill that would show pregnant women ultrasounds of their fetus has passed the Utah House.
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21.Surge in Women’s Employment Brings Unemployment Rate Down to 9.7 Percent (www.truthout.org)
The unemployment rate fell to 9.7 percent in January, driven by a 0.4 percentage-point drop in the unemployment rate for women to 8.4 percent. The unemployment rate for men fell 0.2 percentage points to 10.8 percent. This drop came in spite of a report...
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22.Top ten free market economists list (blog.mises.org)
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23.At C4SS: Statism ≠ Socialism; Pro-Market ≠ Pro-Business (mutualist.blogspot.com)
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24.Inflation Control: Mission Not Accomplished (dailyreckoning.com)
Central bankers in the United States and Europe have had a primary mission to keep inflation under control. They may have well proclaimed “mission accomplished” with inflation having consistently averaged less than 3 percent in the last 10 years, only ...
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25."Capitalism" versus Communism (sheldonfreeassociation.blogspot.com)
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