Category: Economics
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Prices mean something, even life and death
In the five years since Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, some $15 billion has been spent rebuilding and strengthening that city’s flood defenses. The goal is to protect against the loss of life and property that happened in 2005 when the levies failed.
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Wichita economic forecast to be presented
This Friday (August 27) the Wichita Pachyderm Club will feature a presentation titled “Economic Forecast for the Wichita Area.” The presenter will be Debra Franklin, Regional Labor Force Analyst at the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University.
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Avoiding bad decisions in good times
An associate of mine once said, “Some of the worst decisions are made in the best of times.” His observation pertained to negotiating agreements with labor unions but I was reminded of it by a news report saying local governments may eliminate 500,000 jobs across the country if Congress doesn’t pony up more federal tax…
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Hayek vs. Keynes to be discussed in Wichita
This Friday (July 30) the Wichita Pachyderm Club features “A celebration of Milton Friedman’s birthday featuring a discussion of the Friedrich Hayek and the John Maynard Keynes economic schools of thought.”
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Economic principles to be applied at event in Wichita
The Americans for Prosperity Foundation announces a meeting with the title “Applying Economic Principles to Current Events and International Issues.” The special guest presenters at this meeting are Gabriella Megyesi and Gregory Rehmke. These two speakers are also presenting at the Free the World Seminar 2010. This evening event allows people who are unable to…
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Free the World Seminar 2010 in Wichita
As a recent Wichita Eagle Op-Ed article expressed, today’s students are not financially literate, but when given this background, their opportunities in life are unlimited: Jim Graham: Kansas youths need to be financially literate. After so many decades of prosperity in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, why are so many people in Latin America and…
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Hayek’s star on the rise, sometimes
Partly due to Glenn Beck’s interest, a book and its ideas is receiving increased attention. F.A. Hayek is the author, and The Road to Serfdom is the book.
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Sandlian, real estate developer, to speak in Wichita
Colby Sandlian, a Wichita real estate developer and investor, will address members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club this Friday (July 2)
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Greenspan: U.S. must cut spending
Friday’s Wall Street Journal carried a piece by former chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan that is informative of the current state of the United States policy towards borrowing and spending.
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Big 12 conference more than sports
Hmm. I thought it was just about the sports. But Joe Aistrup, a political science professor at Kansas State University and co-author of Kansas Politics and Government: The Clash of Political Cultures, explains that college conferences are more than sports leagues.
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The left flunks economics 101
Who might you guess is better informed on issues of economics: liberals who promote government intervention in the economy, or conservatives and libertarians who oppose that?