Keynesian Economists Finally Catch Up and Agree: China to Have Hard Landing

by Bob Adelmann | 5:31 am, January 25, 2012

It’s one thing to see the destruction and admit that it exists. It’s something else entirely to admit that it was their failed Keynesian policies that caused the destruction. To these boneheads, economics isn’t a science, it’s an ideology.

The Beauty of Private Property—from China?

by Bob Adelmann | 12:17 pm, January 24, 2012

We’ve come to a pretty pass when China is able to teach us something about how the free market works when it is allowed to. We really ought to try it sometime.

Senator Tom Coburn’s Annual “Wastebook” Released

by Bob Adelmann | 12:52 pm, December 30, 2011

Senator Tom Coburn sports a very weak conservative rating, having voted for some of these wasteful measures and then criticizing them in his “wastebook.” Isn’t that the definition of hypocrite? Well, yes.

China’s Imminent Economic Meltdown

by Bob Adelmann | 5:56 am, December 22, 2011

China’s economic experience is classic Keynesian policy proving once again that it is a failure – assuming that improving peoples’ standard of living is the objective. On the other hand, if the purpose is to impoverish and strengthen totalitarian government, it works very well indeed.

Seeing Stars: Democrats Reaping the Fruits of Their Labor

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, December 14, 2011

There be links here.

Colorado

The nasty, dishonest games Democrats played with the reapportionment will make it more contentious in the Legislature this year, says the Denver Post. Thank you Captain Obvious. Deviousness and dishonest don’t breed g…

Seeing Stars: Democrats Reaping the Fruits of Their Labor

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, December 14, 2011

There be links here.

Colorado

The nasty, dishonest games Democrats played with the reapportionment will make it more contentious in the Legislature this year, says the Denver Post. Thank you Captain Obvious. Deviousness and dishonest don’t breed g…

Sun Sets On Solar

by Joshua Sharf | 9:06 am, November 15, 2011

Chinese solar manufacturers, heavily subsidized by the Chinese government though they are, are not completely immune from the laws of economics.  Faced with falling demand, falling prices, and growing inventories, they’re cutting production.  The follows on the heels of a number of high-profile failures of solar manufacturers here in the states. True that the Chinese [...]

Congressman Coffman addresses “Rare Earths”

by Amy Oliver | 4:56 pm, November 9, 2011

Congressman Mike Coffman (R-Colorado) announced today that he created a Congressional caucus to address the growing problem of China’s control over rare earth elements and “re-establishing domestic supply chain” of the must-have minerals.
In a press release, Coffman explained:
With the establishment of this caucus, I am confident we will be able to build awareness on [...]

Solar Power: economically and environmentally unsound

by Amy Oliver | 5:53 am, October 24, 2011

This column appeared originally in Townhall Finance.
Solar energy is neither economically nor environmentally sound
By Amy Oliver Cooke and Michael Sandoval
We live in the state that is ground zero for absurd energy policy, also known as the New Energy Economy.
In a recent Denver Post house editorial, Colorado’s self-described “newspaper of record” was downright giddy about General [...]

Farmaggedon?

by Joshua Sharf | 12:27 pm, August 18, 2011

Who says real estate’s been a bad investment over the last few years?  Not if you’re buying midwestern farmland. The Chicago Fed puts out a quarterly survey of farmland prices, and this past quarter, prices were up 17%, year-over-year.  Here’s what the chart looks like since 1964: A couple of words on how this chart [...]

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