Should We Write a Blank Check to Emergency Relief?
Many people support public funding of disaster relief partly because they fear being described as unfeeling and selfish. Is there a moral obligation to support this public funding?
Many people support public funding of disaster relief partly because they fear being described as unfeeling and selfish. Is there a moral obligation to support this public funding?
Here are thirty reasons Obama doesn’t deserve a second term.
Such a well-intentioned program which steals our youth, our love, our happiness, our faith and our self-esteem.
Are half of college graduates unable to get a college level job?
Perhaps the most significant part of the vice presidential debate was the exchange over Romney’s proposal to lower tax rates by 20% and close loopholes and deductions. Does the math add up?
Two critical questions were raised during the first presidential debate: Are small businesses important to American’s prosperity? And if they are, which candidate will unleash that engine of economic growth and employment? Fact-checking the candidates offers a clear answer.
Disparaging the entrepreneurial growth of small businesses as trickle-down economics misses the shower of prosperity.
I am always amazed at the power of a good story. A good story teller will always have more influence than encyclopedia of powerful data points. Politicians understand this concept better than most, which is why they spend time talking about people.
Interview with George Marotta on his time at Stanford’s Hoover Institution with Miilton Friedman, Thomas Sowell and Edward Teller.
Many communities such as Charlottesville identify themselves as an arts community. This image translates into passionate support for public funding of the arts. But the common justifications for public funding don’t hold up under careful scrutiny.
David Marotta appeared recently on radio 1070 WINA’s Schilling Show discussing Mitt Romney’s Vice Presidential pick of Paul Ryan, and what Ryan’s economics really look like.
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Mitt Romney’s recent announcement of Paul Ryan as his running mate makes this election even more about government spending, programs and taxes. Ryan is the primary author of the Republican-led House’s 2013 budget proposal. Consider these five proposals to evaluate Romney’s wisdom in selecting him.
“A growing link between municipal bond and U.S. stock performance could be very bad if equities fail to rise robustly over the next few years.”
The unintended consequences of good intentions can do more economic harm than all the mean-spirited greed within capitalism.
Franco Modigliani won the Nobel Prize for a simple technique that squirrels know intuitively from birth. You have to squirrel away some nuts during times of plenty so you can survive during times of scarcity.
Studies suggest that brains may be wired with either a utopian or a tragic view of the world, corresponding roughly to liberals and conservatives. We continue to talk past each other in political debates.
Study in Boston area, with undercover actors posing as clients, showed commission-based advisors putting their own interests first
Even if the overall inflation rate is only 2.25% in the next 10 years, an investor who holds a 10-year Treasury until maturity will realize a zero real return after inflation.
Many people turn to religion when defining these shared values.
Modeling investment returns seeks to find an equation to predict your expected returns as much as possible. The simplest equation for the markets would be “Return equals 11.71%.” This has been the average return from 1927 through 2010, the zero factor model.
“Economics in One Lesson” by Henry Hazlitt is one of the classics which should be required reading before voting. It is interesting to see that he knew more in 1946 than the politicians of our age.
“Successful active management is a fantasy stoked by the financial services industry.”
The world markets groaned as the burden of the rising American debt and the European deficit weighed down more productive countries.
You have now created an efficient money-generating machine, and you should start enjoying your success.
The “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (PPACA), is misleadingly named. It has neither protected patients nor made healthcare more affordable.
“We tax cars, land and corporations. It is a good thing that people don’t have to pay them!”
My youthful utopian idealism gave way slowly to my present midlife perspective. My life’s philosophical and experiential odyssey overturned many of my presuppositions. I learned over time that many of society’s assumptions are provably false. But it took courage to integrate this radical reevaluation of life.
Investors in this year’s fund IPOs should be protesting. Investors who got suckered by brokers have been massacred by fees and poor performance. Their total losses — hard to believe — total about $1 billion.
Robinson’s entire arguement seems to be focused on the idea that the current max capital gains tax rate is 15% but the income tax is progressive and passes 15% at middle class incomes.
I was asked to speak at the Leadership Development Center at the University of Virginia’s EAN Annual Conference on Thursday, August 4th 2001. I’ve collected links to all the resources I mentioned in that talk here in one place.
The legendary PBS TV series “Free to Choose” (1980) by Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman is now available on Google Video for free (by courtesy of the Palmer R. Chitester Fund).
Finding countries where you can plant your investments in fertile soil may be one of the most important asset allocation decisions you make for the next several years.
All developed countries are not equally attractive places to invest. The United States has entered the ring of fire and expected to underperform in future years as a result.
“It is not enough to seize power or to change wherein society power lies. With power must come an inner sense of connection to others.”
Politicians are giving us no incentive to take care of ourselves. They are ensuring that government will need to save us.
Only if you swear by the genius of Caesar, trust in his altruism and believe in his divinity is this bill a cause for celebration.
Everything in wealth management begins with savings. All wealth comes from producing more than you consume. Unfortunately, most Americans are better at consuming than producing.
Thousands of investment advisors recommended stop loss orders to their clients. Now it looks like this advice may have been the cause of the May 6, 2010 market plummet.
Everyone in our risk pool will order filet mignon. First the costs will skyrocket. And then the meat will be rotten.
George Marotta is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution pursuing research on international finance.
“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” As early as 1938, this phrase was touted as “economics in nine words.”
If you’re not an economist, you may vastly underestimate the negative impact of taxes on the U.S. economy.
You are guarding against deadweight loss when the recipient can exchange the gift or return it for cash.
You may have to jail a few rebels for health insurance evasion.
We need a safety net, not a hammock.
Some doctors start the year $250,000 in debt.
Half of the country are political Vikings who pay their taxes by raiding and pillaging the productive.
A country can’t prosper destroying perfectly good used cars.
A shortage of people are buying real estate and we’ve passed a one-per-customer tax incentive law.