In the world of economics, Milton Friedman is an icon. His contributions to understanding how free markets work earned him a Nobel Prize and a reputation as one of history’s most brilliant economists and teachers.Now the University of Chicago, Freidman’s academic home for 30 years, is embroiled in controversy over plans to honor Friedman by […]

I’ve been thinking about this Joe the Plumber business, and everybody is pointing out that it’s not what Joe the Plumber asked Obama, it’s what Obama answered. He wants to “spread the wealth around.” But it’s actually even worse than that. It’s now about how quickly team Obama was able to shut down Joe the […]

The best way to describe the Barack Obama financial plan is trickle-up poverty. Everybody who’s poor is going to stay that way; people who are in the middle class are going to get poorer and on up the ladder. It’s trickle-up poverty via Obama’s tax increases. Look, the Democrats have been trying to revise history […]

The election’s over, Chuck Todd said so today on MSNBC. All the polling data, a tipping point’s been reached, folks, it’s all headed in the direction of Obama. The only good sign for McCain is that the debate is tonight with Palin, but Palin is so incompetent and unqualified, that’s a loser. Gwen Ifill is […]

According to a Media poll from AP and the GFK Group, a German marketing firm, eight in ten Americans are afraid the financial crisis will affect them. Right in time for the elections — why, what a surprise! The majority of those surveyed blame banks for issuing risky mortgages and the federal government for not […]