Hans F. Sennholz

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• Jobs are Moving Abroad

  Published 07 July 2005 | viewed 4,488 times

  Outsourcing - the business practice of moving operations and jobs to other countries - undoubtedly is the crucial issue of the European Union. Facing Union-wide…

• Inflation Breeds Many Evils

  Published 20 June 2005 | viewed 8,357 times

  Many people know how to earn money, but few are aware of what the Federal Reserve System, acting on behalf of the U.S. Government, is…

• Does the Future Belong to China?

  Published 30 May 2005 | viewed 4,486 times

  "China is on a rising path and America welcomes the emergence of a strong and peaceful and prosperous China." This tactful remark by President Bush…

• Dark Clouds Over Europe

  Published 08 May 2005 | viewed 7,906 times

  At a meeting in Lisbon in 2001 the leaders of the European Union proudly proclaimed that the Union would become, by 2010, "the most competitive…

• Women, Work and Wages

  Published 29 March 2005 | viewed 4,246 times

  It is said that women have more good sense than men, that they have more heart and more imagination, more wisdom and virtue. And yet,…

• Economic Opportunities are Waning

  Published 28 January 2005 | viewed 4,463 times

  Most Americans still believe that their country offers more opportunities for economic success and advancement than any other country on earth. They are convinced that…

• A New Economic Elite

  Published 18 January 2005 | viewed 3,937 times

  Washington think tank informs us that the average annual compensation of the top 100 chief executives amounts to an astonishing $37.5 million, which is 1000…

• Shades of the Dollar Standard

  Published 29 December 2004 | viewed 4,693 times

  If the love of money is the root of all evil, the depreciation of money must be the mainspring of all shams and frauds. It…

• More Guns and Butter

  Published 01 December 2004 | viewed 4,084 times

  Medicare was born in 1966 when the war in Vietnam was escalating relentlessly, costing the lives of more than 15,000 American soldiers during the year.…

• Whither Social Security?

  Published 22 November 2004 | viewed 3,672 times

  An old English saying perfectly applies to election promises made by the Presidential candidates: "Vows made in a storm are forgotten in calms." The loser…

• Bubbles in Real Estate

  Published 12 November 2004 | viewed 3,707 times

  With stock prices down considerably since 2001 and apparently heading lower, many Americans have taken a liking to real estate. They have bought homes in…

• In Another Cold War

  Published 03 October 2004 | viewed 3,496 times

  For most people, religion provides a code of conduct by which individuals may judge their actions and a frame of reference by which they relate…

• Deep in Debt, Deep in Danger

  Published 10 September 2004 | viewed 4,320 times

  In a question-and-answer period, a professor of economics responds to student questions about disturbing reports of excessive spending and dangerous levels of debt. The Federal…

• American Jobs are Going Abroad

  Published 30 August 2004 | viewed 4,252 times

  Prosperity usually is the first theme of politics. It is rather unpredictable in the never ending sequence of economic boom and recession and yet so…

• In Search of the Lesser Evil

  Published 27 August 2004 | viewed 3,265 times

  Most Americans who are unschooled in political and economic thought should have no trouble in the coming election. They may vote for candidates who, in…

• Why is the Country so Divided?

  Published 22 August 2004 | viewed 3,387 times

  Politics, as a practice, always has been the competition of men and women for power. Some may seek power to do good, others because it…

• A Quicksand of Debt

  Published 18 June 2004 | viewed 2,961 times

  "Out of debt out of danger" is an old proverb that says it all. It applies to personal debt as well as to the liabilities…

• Democracy Does Not Beget Prosperity

  Published 23 May 2004 | viewed 2,695 times

  A recent report by the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, sponsored by the International Labour Organization, is long on pious advice and…

• Inflation or Deflation?

  Published 03 March 2004 | viewed 3,629 times

  Most American economists are singing "Happy days are here again." The stock market is up, business profits are rising, and commodity prices are going through…

• Free Elections in Iraq

  Published 13 February 2004 | viewed 2,625 times

  It is the intention of the Bush Administration to transfer executive and legislative power to a new Iraqi government, elected through some kind of democratic…