Subscribe to RSSBlinder Understates Cost of Carbon Tax
In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal , Alan Blinder listed numerous alleged benefits of a phased-in carbon tax. Out of his entire column, he devoted a...
Answering Krugman on Austrian Economic Theory
I still get the sense that Krugman truly doesn’t understand the Austrian position. For example, he asks, “Why is there overwhelming evidence that when central...
Why Paul Krugman Is Wrong on the Austrians
The Austrians on Capital In contrast to mainstream macro models, which either do not possess capital at all or at best denote it as a homogenous stock of size “K,”...
MIPS Technologies (MIPS): Sell-Off Creates Opportunity
Filed under: Newsletters , Stocks to Buy “MIPS Technologies ( MIPS ) fell sharply after announcing its quarterly results; nevertheless, we think the long-term...
Enterprise Products (EPD): A Cash Generator
Filed under: Newsletters , Commodities , Oil , Stocks to Buy “Eighteen percent: That’s the compound annual rate of return that Enterprise Products Partners...
Trio of Takeover Targets in Oil Services
Filed under: Newsletters , Schlumberger Limited (SLB) , Commodities , Oil , Stocks to Buy “The oil services and equipment industries have been a hotbed of...
Hot Hands: A One-Fund Strategy for 2011
Filed under: Newsletters , Mutual Funds “Our annual ‘Hot Hands’ feature is a simple strategy: buy whichever fund has performed best in the previous...
In Praise of Anarchy
Left alone, good people tend to do good things. And, when unobstructed by coercion, force, violence or any other tool employed by the state in order to foster and...
General Motors (GM): Old Company, New Stock
Filed under: General Motors (GM) , Newsletters , Stocks to Buy “We have a bent towards growth companies, with new products or services that are producing...
The Evils of the Drug War
Most everyone is familiar with the disastrous consequences of the war on drugs: drug gangs, drug lords, drug suppliers, gang wars, muggings, robberies, thefts,...
Natural Gas Service (NGS): Gas Field Gains
Filed under: Newsletters , Commodities , Oil , Stocks to Buy “I am getting more interested in natural gas; we all realize that crude oil production is peaking...
Goldman Sachs Profit Falls 52%
Filed under: Earnings Reports , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) Even the big boys have a “bad hair day.” Goldman Sachs ( GS ) fourth-quarter profit fell 52%...
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