Nigeria: As Bank Stocks Crash [editorial] Aug 31, 2009
com: Nigeria: As Bank Stocks Crash (Page 1 of 1). Nigeria: As Bank Stocks Crash. (allAfrica.com)
No state money for plaza Aug 29, 2009
Shane wrote on Aug 27, 2009 10:56 AM:" Dewey-Correct, except the Republican party has NEVER been about laissez faire or free market style capitalism. They are pro-business, not pro-market. This is a crucial distinction to make. By proper definition, this makes them a flavor of right wing socialism (aka facism proper) as opposed to the Democrats who lean more towards left wing socialism (aka communism). Either way, both parties are collectivist in their orientation. The economic manifestation of... (Cody Enterprise, WY)
The Magnificent Mencken Aug 28, 2009
Behind the particulars looms a broader indictment: that Mencken was a complacent and incurious bourgeois, blindly faithful to 19th-century notions of laissez faire and social Darwinism. Even his agnosticism was conservative in the worst sense, a patrimony from his cigar-merchant father. (The American Conservative)
Health care reform needed Aug 25, 2009
Brent wrote on Aug 24, 2009 4:28 PM:" Perhaps an analogy from education can be useful to this discussion. When I teach a class, I lay out a description of assignments, course content/schedule, my expectations, including the grading policy, in a course syllabus. For most students, everything that proceeds from there is on "automatic pilot" (laissez faire?) But during the term, some students may have health problems, family emergencies, unexpected work obligations, and the like. I find it easy to... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
• At what age do kids become truly helpful, and how? Aug 16, 2009
We've mostly been laissez faire about insisting she help out and have avoided the bribe trap when we've sought her assistance, so do all kids just morph into voluntarily useful beings. Amy McCready, founder of Positive Parenting Solutions, which offers online education and problem-solving for parents of toddlers to teens, said making it happen usually requires a more specific game plan. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Conservatives Versus Liberals Aug 15, 2009
Calvin Coolidge's comment, "the business of America is business," reflected the laissez faire economy of the 1920's. The urban areas prospered. (Suite101.com)
Could this be the bottom of the Great Recession? Aug 9, 2009
For all you laissez faire, economic liberal losers who are fine with the gangster capitalists walking off with your money, and your kids and your grandkids. I Report/ Health Care Industry Plant/ Nazi :-) You Whine. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Nothing To Fear by Adam Cohen Aug 8, 2009
Douglas, son and nephew of mine operators in Arizona who frowned on the unionizing of their workers, was a Democratic congressman who embraced balanced budgets and laissez faire economics ... Douglas was eventually overwhelmed by the progressives of the inner circle as Americans' attitudes shifted from a laissez faire government to an activist government- the major theme of Cohen's book. (Suite101.com)
Leadership Should Benefit both Lead... Aug 4, 2009
There are also styles of leading, such as authoritarian (leader dictates and expects absolute obedience), democratic (members discuss and arrive at a consensus, with technical help from leader) and laissez faire (members make policy and there is minimal involvement on the part of the leader). Leadership and Management. (Suite101.com)
Border security a make work program Aug 3, 2009
Liberal laissez faire tends to view illegal immigration as a blessing. Those who disagree are labeled far-right extremists. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Health care legislation is dishonest Jul 27, 2009
cross1242 wrote on Jul 26, 2009 2:59 PM:" For a change of pace, Prof. Clayson said something this week with which I like. He said:Conservatives, progressives and liberals are entirely united in the belief that government-controlled health care is a fundamental issue that goes to the core of what type of people we are and who we hope to be.I completely agree.The problem is that the conservatives answer the question what type of people we are and who we hope to be is that we are... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Effects of Isolationism Between the... Jul 24, 2009
The Calvin Coolidge administration represented the height of laissez faire in American business. According to Coolidge, business should be unhampered and free. (Suite101.com)
Memories of a Superfluous Man Jul 23, 2009
He took to laissez faire economics, not because of its utilitarian support, but because of his abhorrence of political intervention. He was an anti-statist because he revolted at the vulgarism of politics and its devotees; in his classic, Our Enemy the State, he likens the state to a "professional criminal class." He scorned reform movements because they all involve the use of political power which, on examination, will be found to be at the bottom of the condition the reformers would correct. (The American Conservative)
U.S. Debating Payoffs to Taliban Poppy Growers Jul 22, 2009
Under the current policy, the United States insists that Afghan authorities crack down on poppy production and the official corruption that often goes with it, but U.S. soldiers and civilians generally adopt a laissez faire approach to individual farmers. The Obama administration is all but abandoning the Bush administration practice of destroying poppy crops in the field, having concluded that doing so only drove farmers into the arms of the Taliban. (Newsmax)
Misunderstanding the Meltdown Jul 16, 2009
There is nothing laissez faire about it. In. (The American Conservative)
Five Americans Inducted Into Free Market Hall of Fame Jul 15, 2009
She is best known for her laissez faire political writings and the many stories she and her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, wrote about growing up on the prairies of America, where she learned the difference between individual initiative and government welfare ... "Individualism, laissez faire and the slightly restrained anarchy of capitalism offer the best opportunities for the development of the human spirit." H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) was America s favorite libertarian journalist, essaying,... (Human Events Online)
Will Blue Dogs contain health care tab? Jul 15, 2009
Will Blue Dogs contain health care tab. Thinking Right with Jim Wooten. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Special interests want to keep Otte Jul 12, 2009
This laissez faire attitude, under his leadership as mayor, is obviously the reason our city is in its financial difficulty. The duties of a mayor's leadership entail more than just shaking hands at social events. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Measures set to spur growth Jul 1, 2009
Rather than laissez faire growth, which is not equitable ... The regime of laissez faire, as in the market knows best, inevitably creates injustice. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Cold War Without End Jul 1, 2009
It was this skepticism of laissez faire, of a consumer utopia, and of America s presumptive moral right to remake the world that established his connections to Beard and Williams. In his most ambitious book, The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics, Lasch described an American politics in paralysis. (The American Conservative)
Enlightenment Ideas Challenge the O... Jun 30, 2009
Scottish philosopher Adam Smith rejected mercantilism and government regulation of trade and business in The Wealth of Nations (1776), arguing that laissez faire would produce a prosperous and unfettered merchant and business class, creating in England a nation of shop keepers. Men of Letters and Correspondence. (Suite101.com)
In Praise of Robber Barons Jun 26, 2009
It became especially fashionable in the 1920s to suggest that laissez faire was a thing of the past, a foolish, discredited system that needed to give way to rules of fair competition to be established in each industry. One businessman, for instance, complained that our profits are absolutely unprotected. (The American Conservative)
Lack of planning makes SA a victim to global whims Jun 25, 2009
The majority of South Africans are becoming impatient under the grind of poverty and unemployment in the wake of the global economic meltdown and laissez faire, free market policies that have fallen short of promoting equity and shared growth and redressing past imbalances. It is in this vein that we are hearing calls from the working class for the establishment of national mining firms to arrest plunder and corruption and thereby contribute to sustainable economic growth and put the national... (Business Report, South Africa)
Yes, this is blatant hypocrisy on Obama’s part Jun 17, 2009
md @6:13 we are, after all, SUPPOSED to be a laissez faire capitalist society. As my granddaddy told me back in my trotskyite salad days of youth: well, I tell you what. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Divorce: Who finds dates/sex easier Moms or Dads? Jun 4, 2009
Younger parents tend to embrace the laissez faire attitude. They are their kids friends (LOL). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Brad Sanders: Foundation has bias on energy Jun 1, 2009
" While it's true the Heritage Foundation has called for removing subsidies to the nuclear power industry, it also proposes less regulation and would deny alternative energy technology the same historical support that conventional energy resources enjoyed as they became mature industries. The Heritage Foundation says it promotes free-market economies, limited government and a strong military. What it really supports is a return to laissez faire economics of the early 20th century. The Heritage... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Losing our voice May 30, 2009
" This then is the ghost of Christmas future that now haunts Australian writers and readers. To trust companies like Coles and Woolworths, companies with this sort of record, with the Australian book industry, is like inviting the Taliban to babysit the Obama children. No one should express surprise with what ensues. One might have thought the Rudd Government would be keen to rein in the excesses and distortions consequent on such a duopoly, to wind back its power. But no, far from it. Courage... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bush to speak at Mendel Center (1256) May 27, 2009
goarsh wrote on May 26, 2009 12:27 PM:" Who threatened the president? Are asking pointed questions a threat? Maybe in Bush's tiny brain they're the same thing.Thank you, Justin, for recognizing what John apparenttly missed. I used to be on the Mackinac Center mailing list, and they had sent several think pieces over the years about the failures of proto-socialist economic policies in pre-Civil War America. Of particular note were the corrupt and inefficient state-run railways, particularly among... (The Herald-Palladium)
Viereck Revisited May 25, 2009
Viereck takes pains to treat fairly those philosophies on the Right such as William Graham Sumner s laissez faire with which he disagrees. It is a book that even Viereck s critics ought to appreciate, though Meyer used the occasion of a review to read Viereck out of the movement. (The American Conservative)
Whoa … that’s one way to end an investigation May 24, 2009
Republicans are great at rewriting history but there is absolutely zero evidence that the economy would have recovered on its own if FDR followed the same laissez faire policies of Hoover. If anything, there is significant evidence that the economy would have collapsed even further, as the wealthy who still had money showed no signs of re-opening companies even before FDR was elected, no signs of investing in the Wall Street Markets. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Obama leads Nixon by 1 (1) May 20, 2009
According to Gallup, Americans are most critical of the presidents profligate spending and his seemingly laissez faire dealings with dictators and detainees. Americans must feel he is gambling with their money and their lives. (Boerne Star, TX)
The problem with Obama's antitrust plan May 19, 2009
Breaking sharply with the relatively laissez faire antitrust policy under President Bush, Christine Varney hinted that so-called dominant firms that engage in "improper business practices" to stifle their competitors will be likely targets of the new antitrust enforcement. Several key senior aides who worked in the Clinton administration have been recruited to investigate and/or litigate new cases. (Christian Science Monitor)
Two Views on the Cause of the Global Crisis Part II May 15, 2009
If the proximate cause is the laissez faire to laissez financer progression in free-market idolatry, leading to bubbles in asset prices and the subsequent crash, then the facilitating condition was yet another quasi-bubble a bubble in globalization. It may be easier to appreciate the virulence and speed with which the crisis has spread if we recognize that in addition to over-financialization domestically, there was perhaps over-globalization internationally. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Why say no to fakes? May 15, 2009
Up until very recently I have had a pretty laissez faire approach to fakes in the fashion arena, which currently make up around 20 percent of all counterfeits around the world. I even picked up a knock-off Fendi weekend bag once when I was in New York and needed the extra luggage space. (iAfrica.com)
Health Experts Gauge Flu Outbreak May 4, 2009
Public health officials walk tightrope between being overly alarmist and laissez faire. By MARGIE MASON AP Medical WriterMEXICO CITY May 3, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press FONT SIZE. (ABC News -- Wire)
Obama's 100 Days: The Scariest Chart I've Ever Seen May 1, 2009
We do have a positive program for laissez faire -- cutting corporate income taxes (we have the highest rates among industrial nations), eliminating bad accounting rules, imposing a simple flat tax like Hong Kong, or adopting a stable banking system like Canada or New Zealand. Mr. Skousen is a renowned financial economist, author and university professor. (Human Events Online)
Homeland Security Slanders Apr 17, 2009
Laissez faire capitalism failed yet again. Now President Obama is rebuilding the free markets that reaganism/hooverism destroyed. (Townhall.com)
Voter's guide: economy Apr 16, 2009
IFP: "does not advocate unbridled, laissez faire capitalism associated with a minimalist state. We recognise the imperatives driving our need to be a developmental state, but this does not imply an over-interventionist state whose actions unnecessarily limit the growth potential of our economy". Cope: promises "to promote competitiveness and enhance the productive capacity of the economy, and ensure greater efficiencies in the production value chain". (iAfrica.com)
Future flushed down sewer Apr 3, 2009
Kate wrote on Apr 2, 2009 4:19 PM:" www, good point. Hoover's policies were certainly culpable in worsening the Great Depression, but it had nothing to do with "trickle down," or anything similar to the philosophy of Reagan. For some reason, those on the left like to paint Hoover as a laissez faire champion of free markets and small government. Nothing could be farther from the truth. During his first presidential campaign, FDR accused Hoover of being a "socialist," condemning Hoover's... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
GOP Releases Full Alternative Budget Apr 2, 2009
April 1, 2009 3:15 PM. (AP ) House Republicans released the of their alternative budget plan on Wednesday after critics called their vague and lacking hard numbers. (CBS News)
Editorial: Nigerians Educating Their Kids in Ghana Apr 1, 2009
Since laissez faire government was in place with so much tolerance for corruption and financial crime in public offices, Nigerian graduates, even in a profession like Education, had veered from the career into banking, oil and gas, insurance and the like, where it was so much easier to make much money. Individuals who made Second Class Upper and Lower Divisions in various disciplines had applied for jobs in banks and oil companies or had gone into politics rather than taking higher degrees that... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Fake Outrage? AIG Bonuses Known Months Ago Mar 19, 2009
AIG Bonuses Known Months Ago - CBS News. AIG Bonuses Known Months Ago. (CBS News -- 48 Hours)
There are lessons to be learned from the financial meltdown in the US. Mar 18, 2009
Why we need regulation - Lindsay Tanner - BusinessDay Blogs on WAtoday. Why we need regulation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
A rant on the bailout: Does anybody know what they're doing? - It Seems to B. Mar 13, 2009
That laissez faire attitude is what led to the current crisis. It took a subpoena from Congress to get the information and what little oversight was accomplished indicated that none of it was spent as promised. (Cameron Observer, MO)
State retirement fund loses about $3B in 18 months Mar 7, 2009
"You may agree with some or not agree with some of the things that are being done, but the efforts are much different than they were back in the 30's when in all honesty the 30's are now the only real good example of the severity of this, and the federal government -- where they played a laissez faire relationship with the marketplace in the 30's -- has taken just the opposite (approach) and hopefully that will mean we will cut things a lot shorter than they did back then," he said. State... (Sioux City Journal)
The last of the laissez-faire capitalists Feb 27, 2009
Only people who lived through those revolutionary years, Garrett wrote, could understand laissez faire ... Laissez faire was a religion that grew to full size in the American environment and never anywhere else, he said ... The Great Depression, Garrett said, ended laissez faire. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Obamanomics Is Making Matters Worse Feb 24, 2009
Adam Smith, the 18th century philosopher, is on top of the Totem Pole for his advocacy of a revolutionary new doctrine which he called a system of natural liberty, what we might call laissez faire or free-market capitalism ... Keynes is ranked below Adam Smith, because he supported big government and the welfare state as a way to stabilize the crisis-prone capitalist economy, the middle ground between laissez faire and totalitarian socialism. (Human Events Online)
Those of us engaged in trying to avail ourselves of the full value of leased... Feb 17, 2009
Kerry is also planning to out a laser-like focus on developing a broadband strategy, which in , he contrasted with the "laissez faire" approach of the Bush administration. That means higher speeds, public-private partnerships, as well as an open, transparent Internet. (Multichannel News)
Stimulus plan not very stimulating Feb 16, 2009
"You're right, we don't learn from history. Sort of like how we've never come out the good guy when we started an ideological war. However, your side's disgusting revisionism of who FDR was and what he did, continues to be stomach churning. Nobody was going to be mistake free at that time but Roosevelt's first success was earning trust from investors again, and propping up the banking sector. Unemployment fell every year during his first two terms and the GNP rose. If laissez faire economics is... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Manuel wins union support for taking on Wild West-style capitalism Feb 14, 2009
One reason for this confidence is Manuel's condemnation of the "laissez faire unregulated (or aggressively deregulated), Wild West model of free market capitalism without prudential regulation and supervision" ... This obviously curtailed laissez faire or wholly free trade, and increasingly powerful business lobbies ensured that all the safeguards had gone by the board by the end of the 19th century. (Business Report, South Africa)
GOLDBERG: Americans look away as world waits Feb 13, 2009
Unmanaged laissez faire globalization has now turned on itself, creating an ever-greater negative multiplier effect that is ricocheting through the world's major economies. Because of domestic political reasons (that are essentially the same all over the world), united globalized action to fight the crisis either is ignored or at best given lip service. (Insight on the News)
Full text of Budget 2009 speech Feb 12, 2009
Nouriel Roubini, an economist popularly credited with predicting the present financial crisis, recently said, "...while this crisis does not imply the end of market economy capitalism, it has shown the failure of a particular model of capitalism: the laissez faire unregulated (or aggressively deregulated), wild-west model of free market capitalism without prudential regulation and supervision of financial markets and with the lack of proper provision of public goods by governments.". Fellow... (Business Report, South Africa)
Is 'Do Nothing' The Right Response? Feb 11, 2009
Hayek might have won the battle if he had responded with a positive program for laissez faire. He could have referred to Lionel Robbin's excellent book, "The Great Depression," which outlined a long list of "positive" ways to end the depression sooner, including cutting taxes, tariffs, and regulations. (Human Events Online)
Danquah-Busia Dinasour , Volta Virus and Confusion Feb 11, 2009
Capitalism is laissez faire, leave to be. They say it is controlled by market forces. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
DAVIS: Lessons learned from FDR's '100 Days' Feb 9, 2009
But in the final analysis, the people have spoken, at least for now: The era of laissez faire, anti-social-spending government is over. The era of progressive government where government is a friend, not an enemy, and its priorities are the middle class and the poor, not the wealthy has arrived. (Insight on the News)
The magically deflating oil price: Is it all about speculation? Feb 7, 2009
2) Clearly, too, as the comments above point out, the expansionary monetary policy and laissez faire financial regulation left a lot of hedge fund and other money sloshing around chasing peak oil rumors and the like. When that money evaporated in margin calls and covers, the boom not only stopped but busted. (Energy Pulse, CO)
