New Republican Presidential Candidate

By Jeff Harding.

This will brighten up your day. I like the cut of this man’s jib.

On The Road

Econophile will be traveling on business this week, so my postings may be a bit spotty. I am waiting to take off for a small South American country. I’ll tell you about it when I get there. Things are so different there and I think you will find the contrasts interesting. Stay tuned.

Mises: The Man Who Predicted the Depression

By Jeff Harding.

I’ve been meaning to write a piece on Ludwig von Mises, the greatest economist who ever lived, and, if you will, a hero of mine. This is a piece from the Op-Ed page of the Wall Street Journal by Mark Spitznagel. Spitznagel is the head of Universa Investments and is a protege and [...]

Is the Economy Recovering? The Curious Case of 1920 vs. 1929

By Jeff Harding.

In order to understand the present state of the U.S. economy you have to understand that there are two things happening at once. For the most part they are in conflict with each other, in that one track can negatively impact the other.

Lest I be accused of putting out conflicting information, there is evidence that [...]

European Health Care is Not the Way to Go

By Jeff Harding.

Great video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity with a European free market advocate’s perspective on the EC’s various health care plans. Highly recommended.

Hat tip to Cafe Hayek.

Stimulus Creates 640,000 Jobs: A Big Lie

By Jeff Harding.

The Obama Administration knows it didn’t “create or save” 640,000 jobs but they use the Big Lie to justify the huge waste of taxpayer dollars through the $787 billion American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. But on Friday the government says that it did:

… The new data come from information tens of [...]

A Cold War Cartoon

By Jeff Harding.

Here’s a bit of nostalgia from 1948. A cartoon from Harding College (no relation) extolling the virtues of capitalism. It’s a bit corny and jingoistic, but it’s fun and worth watching. 1948 was the beginning of the Cold War and the feeling at the time was “us vs. them.”  The USSR was a [...]