Archive for February 7th, 2009
Mark Skousen on gross output
Saturday, February 7th, 2009Frequent reader kerrjac commented on my recent post, Saving is good, not bad, for American economy with this tidbit about the opinions of economist Mark Skousen. Responding to my comment that many people claim consumption is 70% of our GDP, he said, Recently I’ve been reading economist Mark Skousen, who has ...
Michael Phelps and public opinion
Saturday, February 7th, 2009The general public's general reaction to the photographic evidence that Michael Phelps smoked marijuana out of a bong last year (after the Olympics, of course) is very encouraging to me. Despite people's confusion of legality and morality in so many cases and despite their turning to the State to fix ...