Articles from March 2012

ARTICLES 17 MAR 12

ECONOMICS / BUSINESS In this article entitled, “How Government Distorts Labor Markets,” the author discusses how government intervention into labor markets (just like interventions into the Capital markets) create malinvestment and waste.     Here’s a good but brief editorial discussing the problem of the short-term financing of government debt.       What happens [...]

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Rice Scott County Republican BPOU March Meeting

The Rice Scott County Republicans will be meeting on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 7PM at the Whistle Stop Cafe in Lonsdale, MN. The Whistle Stop is in downtown Lonsdale on the north side of Hwy 19 by rr tracks.  6:00PM to eat, 7:00PM mtg, Agenda items include: Candidate Announcements and Introductions Redistricting Upcoming Conventions [...]

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ARTICLES 10 MAR 12

ECONOMICS / BUSINESS Here’s a spectacularly good, yet brief article, covering the major misconceptions about trade. Importantly it discusses the economic error (currently being advocated by President Obama and Rick Santorum) of believing that manufactures deserve special treatment.     Picking “winners and losers” inevitably leads to more losers than winners.     “Manufacturing is [...]

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