Economics/Class Relations

Where Are the Debt-Ceiling Chicken Littles Today?

By on • ( Leave a comment )

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2023
History has witnessed the failure of many endeavors to impose peace by war, cooperation by coercion, unanimity by slaughtering dissidents……. A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.
– Ludwig von Mises, Omnipotent Government [1944]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
November 2, 2023
Where Are the Debt-Ceiling Chicken Littles Today?
Why bring up the debt-ceiling controversy now? After all, that controversy was just recently resolved by Congress’s decision to raise the debt ceiling yet again, in order to enable U.S. officials to continue adding more debt to the nation’s credit card. Given that the new debt ceiling won’t arise until sometime in 2024, why revisit the issue now?…
Go to the blog

EXPLORE FREEDOM
ECONOMICS
The Classical Economists: David Ricardo by Jacob G. Hornberger and
Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
A Great Man in Moscow
by Andrew P. Napolitano
Washington Times
FOREIGN POLICY
George Orwell’s 1984 in Washington
by Doug Bandow
American Conservative
GUN CONTROL
Domestic Violence and the Second Amendment
by Nelson Lund
Law & Liberty
FREE TRADE
More Tariffs Is the Last Thing America Needs
by Scott Lincicome
Wall Street Journal
POLITICS
Tarring and Feathering Congress
by James Bovard with Brian Wilson
JimBovard.com
LIBERTARIANISM
The Economic Lesson in Ghostbusters Everyone Missed
by Jon Miltimore
AIER
FREE SPEECH
Jack Smith’s War on Free Speech
by Jonathan Turley
The Messenger
EMINENT DOMAIN
A Texas Farmer’s Fight for Justice
by Jon Miltimore
Washington Examiner
THE FREE SOCIETY
COVID Lockdowns Were a Giant Experiment. It Was a Failure.
by Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean
Intelligencer

RECENT FFF ARTICLES
Foreign Aid Shows True Nature of Conservatism
by Laurence M. Vance
After the horrific attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, conservatives wasted…
The Story of Sam Bird
by Jacob G. Hornberger
In December 1966, Army Captain Sam Bird’s one-year tour of duty in Vietnam was coming to an end. He was set to be transferred …
How Austrian Economics Impacted the Life of Peter Boettke
by Peter Boettke
Professor Peter Boettke tells his personal story of how he discovered Austrian economics and …
Congress’s Unconstitutional Pay Raise Scandal
by James Bovard
“A good politician is almost as rare as an honest burglar,” once quipped H. L. Mencken. After the shenanigans around the latest congressional pay …
The Classical Economists, Part 1
by Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
In this week’s Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss the foundational philosophy and ideas that led up …
Go to more articles

Categories: Economics/Class Relations

Leave a Reply