Let me add my congratulations, Mr. President!
From Don Boudreaux: 31 March 2009 Mr. Barack Obama President, Executive Branch United States Government Washington, DC Dear Mr. Obama: On your website today you write that “my administration will…
Month: March 2009
Welcome to a Fascist….er, Managed Democracy?
GM chairman to leave US car maker The chief executive and chairman of troubled US car maker General Motors will step down at once, at the request of Barack Obama….
Hey, Wait a Minute!!
I thought we were supposed to be borrowing and spending more to “stimulate the economy.” Now we find that the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America,…
London’s Mayor Has a Good Idea for the G20 Meeting
Boris Johnson in the Daily Telegraph: “Here’s a slogan for the G20 mob: What do we want? Free trade!” What a refreshing alternative to Joe Biden’s pathetic “give us a…
Lula’s Racism
President Lula of Brazil blames crisis on ‘white and blue-eyed’ I’m surrounded by “white and blue-eyed” people in Ukraine. I don’t think many of them bear any responsibility for the…
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Done with Work for a Few Hours
I finished up — more or less — my Kyiv trip last night with a talk on the economic crisis facing Ukraine (and it’s very a worrisome situation, indeed) and…
Kyiv, Mother of Cities
I had a very full day of talks, meetings, and public seminars and lectures yesterday. And another today. I’ve met quite an interesting circle of people in Kyiv who are…
Ask an Economist….
If you know a professor of economist, please ask him or her to sign the free trade petition. It’s one of the most important issues facing the world today…. If…
Java Juice….
I travel across a lot of time zones frequently (coming up…Kyiv to DC to London to Sao Paolo in a few days, with several nights spent on airplanes), so I…