As a result of the Watergate scandals, Congress was under in tense pressure to "do something" to eliminate campaign abuses. Whenever the Federal Government undertakes to "do something" about any problem, you can bet that it will cost us more … [Read more...] about Federal Election Act
Evanston School Idea
The American consumer has benefited greatly from our competitive economic system which constantly induces business rivals to produce better products at cheaper prices. The competition among calculator manufacturers has surely given us better and … [Read more...] about Evanston School Idea
New York Bank Loans
The Congressional bailout of New York City, which followed President Ford's reversal of position on that issue, is dramatic evidence of the hard political fact that a determined, well-organized, well-financed, aggressive minority (New York state) … [Read more...] about New York Bank Loans
Unemployment —Causes and Solutions — November 1975
New York Default?
If New York's problems were caused by a tidal wave, an earthquake, or a hurricane, Americans would help as generously as they have always helped victims of unavoidable disasters. New York's troubles, however, are of its own making. Nine out of the … [Read more...] about New York Default?
Kissinger in China
Why in the world did Henry Kissinger go to Red China? If it be said that his principal function was to prepare the way for President Ford's visit later this year, then the same question can be asked about that trip. Certainly they cannot be trying to … [Read more...] about Kissinger in China
Nuclear Energy
Early this year, 34 key scientists, ten of them Nobel prize winners, signed a manifesto attesting to the urgency and importance of nuclear power as "a clean, inexpensive and inexhaustible domestic fuel." They added: "We can see no reasonable … [Read more...] about Nuclear Energy
Restaurant Prices
One of the unfortunate social results of inflation is the quarrels it has instigated among different groups of American citizens. City dwellers blame the farmers and middlemen for high food prices. Farmers blame the unions for the high cost of what … [Read more...] about Restaurant Prices
Investment Capital
Unemployment in the United States today is the highest in 35 years. There is no way the Federal Government can provide any significant number of the jobs needed, and the current trauma in New York City shows that we cannot look to states or cities … [Read more...] about Investment Capital
Brazil & Japan
First question: What is the principal export product of Brazil? If your answer was coffee, you are wrong. All the geography books and encyclopedias are now obsolete. This year, coffee dropped to second place b hind the giant Brazilian crop of … [Read more...] about Brazil & Japan
