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YouTube, the Forbes 400, and the Estate Tax

By John Tamny October 13, 2006

During an interview on ABC this past August, YouTube’s Chad Hurley talked about the trouble he and co-founder Steve Chen experienced when they tried to e-mail friends a video of ...

Politics & Policy

What Housing Bust?

By John Tamny October 5, 2006

Jan Hatzius, chief U.S. economist for Goldman Sachs, puts the odds of a consumer-led recession at one in three. His reasoning for this bearish assessment goes as follows: The current ...

Politics & Policy

This past April, amidst congressional hysteria over handsome oil-company profits, Sen. Carl Levin (D., Mich.) said, “We need a windfall profits tax, because these profits have been absolutely obscene.” Levin ...

Politics & Policy

From Copper to Capital

By John Tamny September 18, 2006

According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, “police departments across the country have reported a surge in the number of copper-related thefts at homes, businesses and elsewhere.” With the ...

Politics & Policy

The Bond Side of the Inflation Argument

By John Tamny August 31, 2006

A frequent counterargument to the notion that current Federal Reserve policy is inflationary centers on two market indicators: TIPS spreads and the yield on long-term Treasuries. Neither suggests that inflation ...

Politics & Policy

Too Much Paper of All Colors and Sizes

By John Tamny August 25, 2006

An article in last week’s Wall Street Journal talked about rising interest rates around the world, and the likelihood that the rate increases would strengthen the currencies of the countries ...

Politics & Policy

The Fed’s “Economy Rule”

By John Tamny August 16, 2006

A recent Yahoo Finance poll asked readers what presently poses a greater danger to the economy, inflation or recession. Though high inflation has traditionally helped bring on recessions, the Bernanke ...

Politics & Policy

Paulson’s Promise (and Problems)

By John Tamny August 8, 2006

Henry Paulson made his first public speech as U.S. Treasury secretary last week at the Columbia Business School. His talk combined both positives and negatives that suggest he remains an ...

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The Economic Argument for H1-B Visa Expansion

By John Tamny July 31, 2006

Writing to Scottish relatives about prospects in the United States in the late 19th century, industrialist Andrew Carnegie stated: “If I had been at Dumferline [Scotland] working at the loom ...

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Fed Questions, Questions, Questions

By John Tamny July 21, 2006

The dollar price of gold rose to $640 Wednesday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress that slower economic growth “should help to limit inflation pressures over time.” Alongside ...