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Obama’s Double-Talk
While the President talkes sobriety, his policies take America on an economic bender.
Matt Welch
May 2009 Print Edition
Obama’s Losing Bet on Detroit
Nationalization won’t save General Motors
Steve Chapman
April 2, 2009
Economic Forecast
Peter Schiff
April 2009 Print Edition
Briefly Noted: Marketplace of Ideas
Damon W. Root
April 2009 Print Edition
Gimme Some Sugar
Pepsi and Pizza Hut go au naturel, but sill make you fat
Anthony Randazzo
March 27, 2009
Whitewashing FDR
A New Deal apologia arrives just in time for Barack Obama.
Daniel Rothschild
April 2009 Print Edition
Does Nature Have Economic Value?
Ecological economists know the price of everything–and the value of nothing.
Ronald Bailey
March 24, 2009
Goodbye Chang, So Long Singh
America’s real immigration problem will soon be returing emigres.
Shikha Dalmia
March 23, 2009
All the President’s Newsmen
The stupidity of getting government involved in journalism business
Michael C. Moynihan
March 23, 2009
The Power to Destroy
Is it legal for Congress to target the AIG bonuses?
Steve Chapman
March 23, 2009
You Will Be Stimulated!
Why the states should refuse the stimulus
Brian Doherty
March 20, 2009
Snake Oil Economics
Why Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer are both wrong about short-selling
John Berlau
March 20, 2009
The End of Financial Privacy
Why Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Austria caved on protecting its foreign investors.
Veronique de Rugy
March 20, 2009
Obama’s Unkeepable AIG Promise
President vows “never” again on bailouts, yet his policy remains too big to fail
Matt Welch
March 19, 2009
‘We Have a Lot of Work to Do’
ABC’s John Stossel on defending the market from within the liberal media
Ted Balaker
April 2009 Print Edition
Punitive Damage
Congress is in a lynching mood over bailouts and bonuses
Steve Chapman
March 19, 2009
Buyer’s Remorse
The government’s phony outrage over the AIG bonuses
David Harsanyi
March 18, 2009
Stimulating Ourselves to Death
They might sound great, but do stimulus packages work?
Veronique de Rugy
April 2009 Print Edition
Divide and Conquer
The American Federation of Labor’s shameful record on race
Damon W. Root
March 13, 2009
Now You Own It, Mr. President
Obama’s policies have made the recession worse
David Harsanyi
March 11, 2009
Nick Gillespie: Why You’re Living in the Libertarian Moment
And what you can do to keep and expand your freedom
Nick Gillespie
March 10, 2009
Are We Socialists Now?
It depends on what the meaning of “socialism” is.
Cathy Young
March 5, 2009
Why I Miss Bill Clinton,
And why the Democrats will, too
Steve Chapman
March 5, 2009
Obama’s Charitable Taking,
When tax increases are “savings,” reach for your wallet.
Jacob Sullum
March 4, 2009
How Big Government Infrastructure Projects Go Wrong,
Lessons from the Tennessee Valley Authority
Jim Powell
March 2, 2009
The Liberaltarian Jacalope,
The liberal-libertarian rapprochement is probably dead on arrival.
Matt Welch
April 2009 Print Edition
The Era of Even Bigger Government,
There is very little to be happy about in Obama’s first budget
Jacob Sullum
February 27, 2009
The Two Faces of Barack Obama,
A president contradicts himself all night long
Matt Welch
February 25, 2009
Detroit as the Prodigal Son,
Why is the government rewarding failure?
Steve Chapman
February 23, 2009
Here’s What $800 Billion Buys Today,
The final stimulus package is the final insult to taxpayers
Veronique de Rugy
February 13, 2009
Why the Stimulus Plan Won’t Work,
And several ideas that might
Veronique de Rugy
February 13, 2009
Corporate Welfare,
Wall Street’s bailout comes with strings attached
Jesse Walker
February 11, 2009
The Reason.com Stimulus Symposium
February 11, 2009
Fear Is His Friend
Obama takes a page from Bush’s crisis management book,
Jacob Sullum
February 11, 2009
800 Billion Reasons To Be Worried
The Senate stimulus bill should only stimulate taxpayer anger,
Veronique de Rugy
February 10, 2009
‘I Think the SEC Was Distracted’
Outgoing Securities and Exchange Commissioner Paul Atkins talks about
bailouts, hedge funds, and what he thinks the SEC should have been
regulating,
Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch
March 2009 Print Edition
Losing Our Religion
Do more than light a candle for the patron saint of capitalism,
Ken Kurson
February 9, 2009
Dissatisfaction Guaranteed
The federal government should stop guaranteeing loans,
Veronique de Rugy
March 2009 Print Edition
Economic Change We Can Believe in
To improve the economy, eliminate the corporate income tax,
Jeffrey A. Miron
February 6, 2009
No New Deals
Let entrepreneurs and innovation stimulate the economy,
Shikha Dalmia
February 4, 2009
The New Era of Irresponsibility
We don’t have a moment to spare, but evidently we have $1 trillion,
Jacob Sullum
February 4, 2009
What’s So Smart About Investing in the Smart Grid?
It makes no sense to throw $4.5 billion at electric power infrastructure,
Ronald Bailey
February 3, 2009
No Hope for Bad Debtors?
Why nobody’s cramming for the great mortgage test,
Tim Cavanaugh
February 3, 2009
Your Money or Your Democracy
It’s the most privileged industries that demand protection,
Matt Welch
March 2009 Print Edition
Stimulus Won’t Change the Education System’s Status Quo
Throwing money at failing schools won’t boost test scores or graduation rates,
Lisa Snell
January 29, 2009
How to Sell a Mess
What “stimulus” advocates learned from the push for war with Iraq,
Jesse Walker
January 29, 2009
Obama’s Green Snake Oil
The President continues to ignore the cost of his global warming plan,
Jacob Sullum
January 28, 2009
Bush Was a Big-Government Disaster
He expanded the state, and the idea that the state is incompetent
Nick Gillespie
January 26, 2009
Repeating Our Economic Woes
It’s time to stop the cycle of spending
Steve Chapman
January 22, 2009
Show Me the Money
Obama should push for online stimulus transparency
Anthony Randazzo
January 21, 2009
The Reversals of Market Wisdom
And vice versa
Jacob Sullum
February 2009
Practical Reasons Why Stimulus Spending Doesn’t Work
Tas cuts are the best way to stimulate economic growth Anthony Randazzo
January 12, 2009
The Empty Case for More Regulation The Madoff scandal shows why bigger government isn’t the answer Steve Chapman
January 8, 2009
The TARP That Covers Everything The GMAC bailout highlights the lawlessness of the Bush administration
Jacob Sullum
January 7, 2009
Why 2009 Will be Worse than 2008 We are not out of the woods yet
Jeff Taylor
January 2, 2009
Recessionary Politics Why is democracy in retreat around the world?
Steve Chapman
December 29, 2009
Sarbanes-Oxley Revisited
Brian Doherty
January 2009 Print Edition
Artifact: Transparency in Action: Secrets of the Bailout
Radley Balko
January 2009 Print Edition
Anatomy of a Breakdown: Concerted government policy helped trigger the financial meltdown-and will almost certainly extend it.
Mike Flynn
January 2009 Print Edition
Better Than a Bailout: Four steps policy makers could take to help financial markets.
Philippe Lacoude and Veronique de Rugy
January 2009 Print Edition
Is Deregulation to Blame?: The new Washington consensus says “yes.” The facts on the ground say something different.
Katherine Mangu-Ward
January 2009 Print Edition
Houses of Pain: When did declining home prices become politically intolerable?
Tim Cavanaugh
January 2009 Print Edition
Lessons From the Great Inflation: Paul Volcker and Ronald Reagan’s forgotten miracle created a quarter century of prosperity-and a dangerous bubble of complacency.
Robert J. Samuelson
January 2009 Print Edition
The Fed’s Binge: How the Federal Reserve engineered the most dramatic peacetime experiment in monetary and fiscal stimulus in U.S. history without anyone noticing.
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
January 2009 Print Edition
Illegal Lending Practices: Bush’s plan to help carmakers is not authorized by law
Jacob Sullum,
December 17, 2008
“You know, this used to be a helluva good country” Reflections on a post-NPSM America
Nick Gillespie,
December 11, 2008
False Cures for the Recession
Why the bailout won’t work
Steve Chapman,
December 4, 2008
It’s 65 Million B.C. for the Detroit Three
Shikha Dalmia,
December 2, 2008
“Socialism” is Not the Problem
Steve Chapman
November 24, 2008
Financial Reversals
Jacob Sullum
November 19, 2008
Green Herring
Jacob Sullum,
November 5, 2008
Obama’s Economic Mythology
Steve Chapman,
October 30, 2008
Obama’s Job Fetish
Jacob Sullum
October 22, 2008
The End of Libertarianism and Other Adventures in Financial Policy Fantasy
Jeffrey A. Miron,
October 21, 2008
The Rise of Disaster Socialism,
Michael C. Moynihan
October 20, 2008
The Three Major Memes of the Great Bailout Bonanza
Nick Gillespie
October 15, 2008
Either a Borrower or a Lender Be
Jacob Sullum
October 15, 2008
California is Headed for a Real Fiscal Train Wreck
Shikha Dalmia
October 14, 2008
Not as Bad as You Thought
Arnold Kling
October 13, 2008
Rescue or Waste?
Steve Chapman
October 9, 2008
Building a Better Bailout
Veronique de Rugy and Philippe Lacoude
October 8, 2008
Pick Your Populism
Jacob Sullum
October 8, 2008
Christmas in October
Michael Flynn
October 2, 2008
What Would Mises Do?
Matt Kibbe
October 2, 2008
Economy in the Balance
Anthony Randazzo
October 2, 2008
The Roots of the Crisis
Michael Flynn
October 1, 2008
Does It Take a Panic to Stop a Panic?
Jacob Sullum,
October 1, 2008
An Expert-Induced Bubble
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
September 30, 2008
Why Paulson is Wrong
Luigi Zingales
September 29, 2008
Beg, Borrow, or Steal
Steve Chapman
September 29, 2008
Five Questions About the Short-Selling Ban
Brian Doherty
September 26, 2008
Defaming Milton Friedman
Johan Norberg
October 2008 Print Edition
The Great Bailout Brouhaha,
September 25, 2008
Bailout Bums
David Weigel
September 25, 2008
Hank Paulson’s Countdown to Armageddon
Tim Cavanaugh
September 25, 2008
The Case Against the Bailout,
Steve Chapman,
September 25, 2008
Corporatism, Not Capitalism
Radley Balko
September 24, 2008
No More Bailouts!
Anthony Randazzo
September 23, 2008
Reason.tv Videos
Nick Gillespie: Why You’re Living in the Libertarian Moment
March 10, 2009
The Washington, D.C. Tea Party, What should the government do about the recession?
March 2, 2009
The Reason.tv Talk Show, Episode 10, Featuring Reason’s Nick Gillespie and Michael C. Moynihan with guests Julie Stewart and Mark Hemingway
February 23, 2009
Slumdog Thousandaire, What the celebrated film can teach America about economic stimulus,
February 20, 2009
Bailing Out the Big Three, Why reward Detroit (and punish taxpayers) for making unprofitable cars?,
February 17, 2009
Because All Economies Have Performance Issues,
February 2009
Robert Poole on Obama’s Transportation Policy,
January 22, 2009
Perspectives on the Financial Market Crisis at Reason Goes Hollywood
with Mike Flynn, Veronique de Rugy, Tim Cavanaugh, and Len Gilroy
December 29, 2008
The Reason.tv Talk Show, with Nick Gillespie, Michael C. Moynihan, Jon Utley, and Michael Munger
December 24, 2008
The SEC’s Disastrous Distractions Former commissioner Paul Atkins on how the regulatory agency’s inattention contributed to the financial crisis
December 22, 2008
Peter Wallison: The Roots of the Financial Crisis–how government caused economic turmoil
December 19, 2008
The Reason.tv Talk Show, featuring Nick Gillespie and Michael C. Moynihan
December 17, 2008
Obama’s New New Deal
As bad as the old new deal?
December 15, 2008
Robert J. Samuelson: The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
How Reagan and Volcker tamed economic policy-and jumpstarted prosperity
December 10, 2008
The Reason.tv Talk Show with Nick Gillespie, Michael C. Moynihan, Matt Welch, and Cato’s David Boaz
How Reagan and Volcker tamed economic policy-and jumpstarted prosperity
December 4, 2008
Where’s Sock Puppet’s Bailout?
The great unlamented symbol of the tech bust, Pets.com’s mascot, comes to Washington with a paw out.
November 26, 2008
Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
Obama’s Enron Problem
November 21, 2008
Russell Roberts
The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity
November 12, 2008
Where’s My Bailout?
A rescue plan for the rest of us.
November 1, 2008
Economist Lee Ohanian
The “Bailout Puzzle”
October 31, 2008
Reason on the Bailout
What you need to know. And fear.
October 31, 2008
Russell Roberts
What You Need to Know about the Bailout
October 8, 2008
Bert Dohmen
A financial advisor talks about the bailout
October 2, 2008
The Big Bailout
September 26, 2008
Reason.org Studies and Commentaries
GM Should Run To Bankruptcy Court
By avoiding bankruptcy, GM only risks trading union demands for federal tyranny
Shikha Dalmia
April 2, 2009
India’s Faulty Exceptionalism
India isn’t suffering during this global slowdown, but needs more openness to trade
Shikha Dalmia
April 1, 2009
Rolling Out TARP II
Creating an unnecessarily subsidized market in toxic assets
Anthony Randazzo
March 27, 2009
Government Officials Say Sweeping Financial Overhaul Is Coming
New financial regulations could make things worse if Congress isn’t careful
Anthony Randazzo
March 23, 2009
Making Sure the Broadband Stimulus Money Isn’t Wasted
How to find the areas not being served, and unlikely to get high-speed Internet services
Steven Titch
March 20, 2009
Even During the Recession Private Companies Are Investing In Ports
Private sector is driving modernization efforts
Shirley Ybarra
March 19, 2009
Fear Is the Economy’s Biggest Problem Right Now
Obama has followed Bush and Paulson’s lead using fear to push bailouts and policies
Anthony Randazzo
March 6, 2009
The Benefits of Tax Cuts and Alternatives to Stimulus Spending
Seven steps Congress should take to end the recession and jumpstart the economy
Anthony Randazzo
February 4, 2009
Government Intervention Might Delay the Economic Recovery
Every recession contains the seeds of its own regeneration
Shikha Dalmia
February 4, 2009
The Fallacy of “Fiscal Stimulus”
Stimulus during the Great Depression delivered an unemployment rate of 25 percent
Adam Summers
February 2, 2009
Huge Stimulus Plan Won’t Change the Education System’s Status Quo
Throwing money at failing schools won’t boost test scores or graduation rates
Lisa Snell
January 27, 2009
Transportation Spending Won’t Stimulate Economy
Infrastructure projects aren’t really ready-to-go and using private sector financing could save taxpayers hundreds of billions
Shirley Ybarra and Anthony Randazzo
January 27, 2009
Obama Needs to Push for Online Stimulus Transparency
Government may have already spent $8.4 trillion in bailouts and stimulus, where did it all go?
Anthony Randazzo
January 21, 2009
Obama Needs to Push for Online Stimulus Transparency
Government may have already spent $8.4 trillion in bailouts and stimulus, where did it all go?
Anthony Randazzo
January 21, 2009
Practical Reasons Why Stimulus Spending Doesn’t Work
Tax cuts are much preferable way to stimulate economic growth
Anthony Randazzo
January 8, 2009
Making Sure Infrastructure Stimulus Isn’t a Pork Parade
There were 6,371 earmarks in the last highway bill
Anthony Randazzo
January 7, 2009
How Unions Stop the Cars
Shikha Dalmia
December 12, 2008
With Bailouts, Stimulus Politicians Look Only at the Short-term
Quick-fixes to the economy only prop up status quo, make problems worse
Anthony Randazzo
December 11, 2008
Stimulus Shouldn’t Be an Excuse for Pork
The nation’s mayors have presented a revealing wish list to Washington
Robert Poole
December 10, 2008
All Infrastructure Spending Is Not Created Equally
Randomly pouring billions of dollars into roads won’t fix nation’s gridlocked transportation system
Sam Staley and Adrian Moore
December 5, 2008
Economic Downturn Didn’t Cause State Budget Deficits
What Texas and Florida can teach other states about spending and budget shortfalls
Leonard Gilroy
November 26, 2008
Congress Shouldn’t Bailout Big Three
Taxpayer money won’t save dying Detroit
Anthony Randazzo
November 18, 2008
Too Big To Fail
Government should send the message that no more bailouts are coming
Anthony Randazzo
October 28, 2008
“Perfect Storm” Could Accelerate Privatization Trends
MuniNet Guide Inverview with Reason’s Leonard Gilroy
October 24, 2008
Just Say ‘No’ to More Bond Debt
Voters have to supply the fiscal restraint Sacramento lacks
Adam Summers
October 23, 2008
Don’t Count the Private Sector Out in Infrastructure
Infrastructure PPPs remain an attractive investment in the capital “flight to quality”
Leonard Gilroy
October 21, 2008