RUNAWAY PLANTS
A recent letter to a metropolitan newspaper by Prank Eyles, executive secretary of the Midwest Industrial Union Council, calls attention to one of the prime causes of unemployment…
Category: Economy
USURY LAWS AND PRICES
A recent Federal Reserve Bank publication attacks state usury laws as “burdensome and inequitable” and indicates that they should be repealed. The purpose of state usury laws is…
PICASSO’S LEGACY
One of the interesting legal cases now being fought out is the hitter struggle in France over the estate of the artist Pahlo Picasso. The legal tangle and…
GRAIN DEAL REPORT
For nearly two years, the Department of Agriculture has had to take the brunt of criticism for the giant Soviet grain deal of 1972, often called “the great…
WELFARE
Everybody knows that our welfare system is horribly costly. The question we must now ask ourselves is, is it immoral, too? A welfare system becomes immoral when it…
TAIWAN’S PROSPERITY
The most striking lesson in the world today between freedom and slavery, between prosperity and privation, is the contrast between free China on Taiwan and Red China on…
FEDERAL HOUSING
Congress passed the Housing Act of 1949 to the accompaniment of high-flown phrases about government’s duty to provide “a decent home and suitable living environment for every American…
COST OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Of all Government programs, the most immune from Congressional criticism is Social Security. When a Congressman is tempted to suggest improvements, he is stopped in his tracks by…
EXPORTING U.S. JOBS
Jobs are created when private industry and individuals make a capital investment. The reason why American citizens enjoy such a high standard of living is that the free…
