The Dividend is a Redistribution Policy The Alaska Permanent Fund was established in 1976 as an investment that would allow for the continuation of funding of Alaska’s essential services once the Alaskan oil resources had been exhausted. While a portion of the income from the Fund comes from oil revenue (about 11% of total oil… [Read more…]
April 30, 2013
Me with Baked Flounder and Steve Schippert on Radio214 discussing why Keynesian economics and liberty are not compatible. Oh, and a little about Alaska too. Click here to listen to the podcast Return to home page Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with… [Read more…]
February 12, 2013
CFOs are taking it slow as uncertainty is still present Slow and Unsteady (via CFO.com) The Economy | February 07, 2013 | CFO Magazine The U.S. CFO Optimism Index dropped yet again in the latest Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey, to 51 out of 100. Down from 52 last fall and 59 at… [Read more…]
February 1, 2013
This is a great article dealing with the National Security issues associated with current monetary and fiscal policies. Are we engaged in an economic war? http://www.moneynews.com/MKTNews/james-rickards-currency-wars/2013/01/25/id/473012?promo_code=12318-1&utm_source=taboola Return to Home Page Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about… [Read more…]
January 13, 2013
Where do big deficits come from? James M. Buchanan had an idea. (via The Christian Science Monitor) Why do politicians act as they do? Specifically, why do they do things that don’t seem to be in their constituents’ long-term interest, such as creating big deficits by authorizing lots of government spending without enough tax revenue… [Read more…]
January 2, 2013
Spending cuts and debt ceiling debate not necessarily as divisive By Holly A. Bell While I am skeptical of the current fiscal cliff deal’s ability to resolve the uncertainty that has been plaguing our economy, there might be one advantage to pushing sequestration out two months: Spending cuts and the debt ceiling might be a… [Read more…]
December 31, 2012
The Advantages of Going Over the Fiscal Cliff By Holly A. Bell Fiscal conservatives shouldn’t be too alarmed that we are about to fall off the “Fiscal Cliff“. Like drug addicts who have to hit bottom before they are willing to help themselves, our elected Representatives need to find themselves in the garbage and rat… [Read more…]
December 26, 2012
By Holly A. Bell As 2012 draws to a close, I have a few random thoughts I need to get off my chest before the end of the year: On gender neutral toys: If we truly want toys and other items to be gender neutral, why do we continue to insist on labeling colors as… [Read more…]
December 20, 2012
By Holly A. Bell As someone who has always protected the rights of individuals to own firearms, I am often dismissed lately as less than a reliable source based on the fact that I happen to live in Alaska (even though I’ve only lived here a few years). Of course Alaska has a reputation for… [Read more…]
December 17, 2012
California Dreamin’ By Holly A. Bell A recent blog post by Michael provided 55 Reasons Why California Is The Worst State In America. Nonsense. California should be the model for the rest of the United States. Here are some reasons why: 1) The adoption of Proposition 30 gave California the highest marginal state income tax… [Read more…]
December 14, 2012
What if gun control is not the answer? By Holly A. Bell I’m deeply saddened by the events unfolding in Connecticut today and the loss of so many innocent lives. I’m also disturbed by the culture of violence that seems to permeate the U.S. As you might expect the usual rallying cry to ban automatic… [Read more…]
December 3, 2012
If you think you earn your money, you are wrong. As I have been watching the debates over the debt ceiling, the fiscal cliff, and taxation I am reminded of one assumption about money the government makes (often unconsciously) that those of us who think we should be allowed to keep the money we have… [Read more…]
November 30, 2012
Authored by Philipp Bagus via the Ludwig von Mises Institute, “Many politicians and commentators such as Paul Krugman claim that Europe’s problem is austerity, i.e., there is insufficient government spending. The common argument goes like this: Due to a reduction of government spending, there is insufficient demand in the economy leading to unemployment. The unemployment… [Read more…]
November 19, 2012
The U.S. Government Contributed to the Lack of Sustainability at Hostess By Holly A. Bell There’s been a great deal of speculation about why Hostess was not able to maintain their operations. Like most business issues, the demise of Hostess is not as simple as it appears on the surface. While there were three primary… [Read more…]
November 4, 2012
This is not the government spending of WWII By Holly A. Bell On October 23, 2012, the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) hosted an economics discussion with Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz. The moderator of the discussion asked the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winning economists what the solution to our current recession… [Read more…]
October 17, 2012
US Fiscal Moment: Cliff, Slope, or Wile E. Coyote? (via Market Shadows) Courtesy of ZeroHedge. View original post here. The overhwelming majority of investors seem to believe that some compromise will be reached to resolve the looming fiscal drag, and as we noted here, this fact is more than priced into markets. As Barclays notes… [Read more…]
October 15, 2012
Elections are not for the faint of heart. By Holly A. Bell Elections make me ill tempered, surly, and curmudgeonly. I become the kind of person who wants to chase kids out of my yard and shake my fist at motorists who drive too fast in my neighborhood. I feel a sense of urgency and… [Read more…]
September 27, 2012
Central bankers have the power to provide limitless cheap credit to governments. But that doesn’t fix the economy. Central Bank Power And Its Limit By Larry M. Elkin The euro will not dissolve, and the U.S. Treasury can borrow as much money as it wants while paying practically no interest, all because a couple of… [Read more…]
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