Judge Napolitano on Obamacare, the Courts, and Economics
Writing today at LRC, Mises Institute Distinguished Scholar Judge Napolitano notes:
Writing today at LRC, Mises Institute Distinguished Scholar Judge Napolitano notes:
Daniel Henninger in “Worse Than ObamaCare” shows the impact of regime uncertainty without mentioning it as he explains why “Obama’s biggest failure is that he hobbled the U.S. economy.” Robert Higgs and others have made this argument since shortly after the “stimulus” passed.
The latest release of the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee were released today. See here.
Tatsuya Iwakura in Japan has translated numerous works by Austrian scholars into Japanese in recent years. Today he writes:
Timothy Geithner is finally cashing in for all his years of government service, including his position as the President of the New York Federal Reserve and as Secretary of the Treasury during the latest financial crisis. The Washington Post reports that Geithner has been appointed president and managing director of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus. The firm manages $35 billion in assets in over 100 companies. Geithner is expected to receive millions in compensation.
The British students demanding more Keynes and Marx have been joined, predictably, by British academics -- specifically, the self-described “post Keynesians” who think that mainstream economics isn’t Keynesian enough.