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Cash for Clunkers

By Robert Murphy (Aug 08, 2009)

Just when you thought the wizards in Washington couldn’t distort the economy any more, along comes the “cash-for-clunkers” program. Spending billions of tax dollars to bribe... more

The Cost of Cap and Trade

By Robert Murphy (May 02, 2009)

Recently Congress took a break from nationalizing corporations and discussed the Waxman-Markey “cap and trade” bill in which the federal government would auction off permits... more

The AIG Bonus Brouhaha

By Robert Murphy (Mar 28, 2009)

I have been resisting the growing tendency to label our current woes as the Great Depression II. The conventional statistics of our economy today are nowhere near the misery... more

Bank Bailout Blues

By Robert Murphy (Feb 07, 2009)

Undeterred by the failure of the last injection of taxpayer dollars into a bloated banking system, our financial crusaders in DC are scratching their heads over the best way... more