Oct 25
This, long but interesting PDF, by Amity Shlaes is worth your time if you want to understand what is going on and what simple truths we need to return to in order to have a functioning economy AND liberty again.
It is not hard to see some of today’s trou- bles as a repeat of the errors of the 1930s. There is arrogance up top. The federal gov- ernment is dilettantish with money and exhibits disregard and even hostility to all other players. It is only as a result of this that economic recovery seems out of reach.
Read it. Read it all.
And if you don’t… here are the basics:
* property rights
* property rights
* property rights
* economic predictability (no crazy rule changing)
* low taxes
* responsible government INVESTMENT not spending