Hans F. Sennholz

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• Exporting American Jobs

  Published 09 January 2004 | viewed 4,457 times

  International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) recently announced that it plans to move some 4700 programmer jobs to India, China and elsewhere. Many other large service…

• Medicare Fight Without End

  Published 21 December 2003 | viewed 2,680 times

  When President Bill Clinton proposed a plan for overhauling the health care system, which would have given "health security to all Americans", most Democratic members…

• CEO Remuneration

  Published 20 November 2003 | viewed 3,345 times

  Nothing sharpens the sight like envy. Many legislators who are enjoying six-figure remunerations and seven-figure benefits are dismayed about corporate compensation. They resent the fact…

• Incomes are Falling

  Published 18 November 2003 | viewed 3,548 times

  The Census Bureau informs us that median household incomes are falling. In 2002 they fell for the third year running to $42,409. The official poverty…

• Miraculous Growth of Money

  Published 08 November 2003 | viewed 3,599 times

  Fear of deflation - that feeling of concern about declining prices--is slowly giving way to the dread of inflation. It prompts some economists to focus…

• Deep in Debt, Caught in a Net

  Published 03 November 2003 | viewed 3,594 times

  This old English proverb concisely describes the financial condition of many Americans. Household debt is rising at an 8.8 percent annual rate, home mortgage debt…

• There is a Market Rate of Interest

  Published 30 October 2003 | viewed 5,573 times

  Awareness and knowledge of inexorable economic principles may guide a handful of politicians and officials, but most are led by a mystic feeling of political…

• Potential Dollar Scenarios

  Published 19 October 2003 | viewed 3,353 times

  Never before in recent history have monetary and fiscal policies been as "stimulative" as today, and yet, the American economy remains weak and vulnerable. The…

• Social Justice

  Published 13 August 2003 | viewed 3,193 times

  Justice is commonly defined as the quality of being fair and impartial. It is a cardinal virtue which renders to each what is due him.…

• Economic Doctrines of Islam

  Published 15 July 2003 | viewed 3,518 times

  American observers are dismayed about the dreary economic conditions in most Islamic countries. Some may point to inadequate natural resources; others, to various political and…

• A Look At Iraq

  Published 15 May 2003 | viewed 3,251 times

  We may be strangers to Iraqi mores but we always are mindful of the glorious history of the country. Long before there were ancient Greece,…

• Rebuilding The Iraqi Economy

  Published 06 May 2003 | viewed 2,996 times

  Allied forces may not have delivered the world from the danger of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction but they surely freed the Iraqi people from…

• The Perils of Deflation

  Published 04 April 2003 | viewed 2,977 times

  Many financial advisers are sounding the alarm: "The forces of deflation are gathering strength and threatening to take over. The stock market is pointing the…

• The German Puzzle

  Published 12 March 2003 | viewed 2,830 times

  Ever since the years of reconstruction after World War II Germans probably have been the most pro-American people in Europe. There is deep admiration of…

• Gold is Shining Again

  Published 05 March 2003 | viewed 2,986 times

  It is difficult to argue with gold. To men everywhere, gold is a desirable economic object. It can be used for the manufacture of jewelry…

• Deficits Do Matter

  Published 23 February 2003 | viewed 2,955 times

  In their election oratory politicians usually stress their love of fiscal discipline and balanced budgets. But as soon as they are elected they tend to…

• Blaming the Fed

  Published 11 November 2002 | viewed 3,270 times

  It is surely more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have had one. During the great equity bubble of the 1990s Alan…

• Federal Prodigality

  Published 24 October 2002 | viewed 2,904 times

  Many Americans are questioning not only President Bush's foreign policy but also his economic decisions. They cannot forget that the U.S. Supreme Court, by a…

• The Fed: On The Horns Of A Dilemma

  Published 25 September 2002 | viewed 2,738 times

  The Federal Reserve System may have run out of room to maneuver. Facing a looming recession, it resolutely lowered its discount rate and frantically expanded…