Voice For Liberty

Tag: Economics

  • Supply-side economics, not taxes, cure for recession, audience told

    Sound money and income tax cuts — the elements of supply-side economics — have produced economic growth in America, according to Dr. Brian Domitrovic of Sam Houston State University. When our country imposes inflationary loose money policies and high income taxes, economic growth suffers, as in the period from 1973 to 1982. Unfortunately, these are…

  • Primer on Mises and Austrian economics published

    If you’ve heard of Ludwig von Mises and wondered why his ideas are important to freedom, here’s a chance to easily and quickly gain understanding of this important thinker and the field of Austrian economics. Or if you’ve not heard of or read about Mises and Austrian economics, here’s your chance. The Institute for Economic…

  • Response to economic crisis to be subject of Wichita lecture

    Tomorrow night at Friends University Dr. Brian Domitrovic of Sam Houston State University will speak on some of the key people and principles in his book Econoclasts: The Rebels Who Sparked the Supply-Side Revolution and Restored American Prosperity.

  • Sweatshops best alternative for workers in many countries

    While sweatshops are not the place most Americans would choose to work, they are often the best alternative available to workers in some countries. Pay is low compared to U.S. standards because worker productivity is low, and the process of economic development will lead to increases in productivity and pay. But most policies promoted to…

  • The new road to serfdom and the continuing relevance of Austrian economics

    Here’s a video lecture recently given by Richard M. Ebeling titled The new road to serfdom and the continuing relevance of Austrian economics.

  • ‘In Praise of Sweatshops’ lecture

    The third in the series of three Lectures on Liberty will be held on Thursday April 8 at the historic Granada Theater in downtown Emporia. The speaker will be Benjamin Powell, professor of economics from Suffolk University in Boston, will be speaking on the topic “In Praise of Sweatshops.” The lecture is free and open…

  • Stealing Capitalism: The Crime of the Century

    It’s been 105 years since a clandestine plot was hatched to purloin America’s capitalist system and replace it with socialism.

  • Kansas employment trends

    From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the trend in Kansas private sector employment and government employment.

  • State taxes and unemployment rates

    A few days ago someone left a comment to a post in this blog that argued — I think so, anyway — that low-tax states are not doing well in this economy, with the measure of “wellness” being the state’s unemployment rate. The author provided a link to an article titled Do taxes kill jobs?.…

  • What kind of man was Ludwig von Mises?

    What kind of man was Ludwig von Mises? As this unique film shows, Mises (1881-1973) was a man who never stopped fighting for freedom: not when the Nazis burned his books, not when the Left blackballed him at universities, not when it seemed as if statism had won. With courage and genius, he fought big…

  • Importance of economic freedom explained in Wichita

    Yesterday Robert Lawson appeared in Wichita to deliver a lecture titled “Economic Freedom and the Wealth and Health of Nations.” The lecture explained how Lawson and his colleagues calculate the annual “Economic Freedom of the World” index, which ranks most of the countries of the world in how the “policies and institutions of countries are…

  • Kansas historic preservation building tax credits discussed

    Sometimes on blogs people don’t take the time to read comments left to posts. Sometimes those comments provide valuable discussion and illumination of public policy issues. So here I take a moment to elevate a few comments left to a recent blog post.