From Bad to Worse: Interventionist Bias in Conventional Presidential Rankings
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004.
Capital and Interest Theory
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Money and Prices
Many believe that if governments would just issue greater quantities of money then all problems would be solved. In truth that would create unsurmountable problems by lowering the purchasing power of each money unit. Money is the one good that is not made better by increasing its supply.
Demand and Supply, Consumer Goods, Prices and Exchange
Microeconomics starts with the basic fact that each person has short term and long term goals, like buying a ham sandwich and graduating from college. People act in the world to accomplish something. Human action is purposive. You employ different means to achieve certain goals.
Payday Lending: Serving the Unbanked
The Center for Responsible Lending says that payday lending is a predatory business in that it lures borrowers into a "debt trap." Mike Foley says this view is all wrong: pay-day lending provides liquidity when it is most needed, and an an opportunity to establish a positive credit history.
