By Daniel J. Mitchell
I was at the United Nations yesterday for something called “The High Level Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy.”
Most speakers, including the secretary general of the United …
Daniel in the Looter’s Den: My Adventures at the UN is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
This is the third of our four-part series on Occupy Wall Street, transcribed from a recent Heritage Foundation event on the movement. In part three, Ben Domenech, research fellow at the Heartland Institute and editor of The Transom, reflects on his own interaction with Occupiers and explains why he’s not ready to write them off. He argues that supporters of capitalism need to find a way to reach those who have become disillusioned. Part 3: The Untrained Grasshopper I wanted to talk about the response from the right to Occupy … More
By Mark A. Calabria
The same people who helped create the $180 billion bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now demanding the head of Ed DeMarco, the acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Some commentators have gone as far to say that the “single largest obstacle to meaningful [...]
Ed DeMarco Deserves a Medal is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By David Boaz
In the New Yorker, Nicholas Lemann frets over Ron Paul’s “hostility to government” in an article titled “Enemy of the State.” I wonder if Lemann, who is both a long-time writer at a great magazine and the dean of a great school of journalism, would think “Enemy of the State” was red-baiting or otherwise inappropriate [...]
The New Yorker Misunderstands Ron Paul (Again) is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
Small businesses that are important to the safety and security of the nation are being gravely threatened by deep defense spending cuts. The NAVSYS Corporation is a small business in Colorado that developed the first GPS cell phone to provide the 911 cellular location services that exist today. That first cell phone will soon be displayed in the Smithsonian. NAVSYS has gone on to create other innovations, and many of its products play an important role in America’s defense technologies. On Monday, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R–WA) hosted a panel … More
