Browsing All posts tagged under »economics«

Poor Is A Relative Term

August 22, 2009

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Doug Wilson is always provocative about politics, church and society, and economics.  He makes his points well. http://www.http://www.dougwils.com/index.asp?Action=Anchor&CategoryID=1&BlogID=6772dougwils.com/index.asp?Action=Anchor&CategoryID=1&BlogID=6772

Cash for Clunkers Junked

July 31, 2009

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The much touted Cash for Clunkers is itself getting ready to get junked.  What should we think about proposed massive programs like health care reform if “smaller” (there are still billions involved!) programs like this cannot be effectively planned and carried out? By the way, the $1 Billion set aside for covering turned in clunkers,… [Read more…]

The Tumultous History of US Banks

October 11, 2008

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As we are going through this economic crisis that is hitting our banking institutions so hard it is useful to have a little context for light.  John Steele Gordon, at the Wall Street Journal, provides this short statement of the roots of our current crisis: “In the 1990s interstate banking was finally allowed, creating nationwide… [Read more…]

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