Price controls were lifted, government wages were capped, trade was liberalized, and the Polish currency, thezloty, was made convertible. The policies left millions out of work but freed Poland to begin to recover from decades of mismanagement. The economy got a further boost with the country’...
I award 3 un-American symbols to all you politicians and sheriffs who sold your souls and appealed to the baser instincts of the slack-jawed members of your constituencies, in order to win an election. And you voters who cheered them on can share in the award. Shame on you. Racist lesso...
and the FTSE 100 stock index declined by 2.2% — notable movements, but hardly enough to bring a government to its knees. The big change came in the price of 30-year UK government bonds, also known as gilts, which experienced a shocking 23% drop. Most of this decline had nothing to d...
What’s most laughable is that some of them even concoct measures (such as the “Happy Planet Index” and Jeffrey Sachs’ estimate of progress on social development goals) purporting to show Cuba ahead of the United States. But at least everyone is equally poor! Share this: Print Email ...
Donald Trump has his share of flaws and he wasn’t the type of Republican I like, but that doesn’t prevent me from acknowledging that he was good on some important issues. He moved tax policy in the right direction, for instance, and also began to reverse the tide of red tape. I ...