“On the face of it, America’s welfare system is harsher and less hospitable than Europe’s, something that many liberals lament. But in this respect, at least, that appearance is misleading. The unintended consequences of Europe’s milder regime are not just a looming fiscal collapse but also, in the meantime, intensifying and plainly self-destructive […]
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Jun8th2006
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Discrimination, Economics, Europe, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Immigration and Welfare. 0 CommentsApr5th2006
“Many economists have recognized for more than a decade that the generous minimum wages and other rigidities of the French labor market caused unemployment rates that have remained stubbornly high since the early 1990’s. Immigrants, youths, and other new entrants into the labor market have been hurt the most since they have had the greatest […]
Nov29th2005
Thomas Sowell On The French Economy
Published by in Discrimination, Economics, Europe, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Minimum Wage. 0 CommentsThomas Sowell looks at minorities in France and minorities in the United States, and compares:
Let us go back a few generations in the United States. We need not speculate about racial discrimination because it was openly spelled out in laws in the Southern states, where most blacks lived, and was not unknown in the North.
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Nov22nd2005
Europe Vs. USA In Treatment Of Minorities
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Discrimination, Economics, Europe, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 8 CommentsThe economist writes:
In America, the education levels, English-language skills and intermarriage rates of immigrant groups rise over time. So do income, home-ownership and political representation. This is the natural course of assimilation. But it does not seem to work in Europe. Some European countries (including France) do not collect ethnic-based statistics, so hard evidence […]
Nov17th2005
More On The French Economy
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Discrimination, Economics, Europe, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 0 Comments An article regarding the France riots in this months issue of the European economist writes:
…This rapid domino effect reflects two broader failings and two policy problems. First, the mass unemployment that persists in a welfare system supposedly glued together by “social solidarity”. Second, the ethnic ghettos that have formed in a country that prides […]
Nov15th2005
How Bad Is The French Economy?
Published by in Discrimination, Economics, Europe, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Minimum Wage and Myths. 9 CommentsWhile liberals keep trying to get us closer to the French economic model, it is important for us, especially us minorities as the riots have clearly demonstrated, to keep in mind what the French economy looks like. Elisabeth Eaves, writing in Slate Magazine, writes:
Among the young, immigrant men who live in satellite slums, unemployment reaches […]
Nov10th2005
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Discrimination, Europe, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 0 Comments“For a North African or Middle East immigrant in France, there are few avenues that offer a prospect of upward mobility — in stark contrast to the plethora of choices available to immigrants in the United States. Instead of gearing itself to job creation and upward mobility — as the American system does — the […]
Nov9th2005
Quote Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Discrimination, Europe, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 0 Comments“Utterly devoid of self-awareness, the French cherish their image of America as racist. But minorities in the United States have opportunities for which their French counterparts would risk their lives. Our problem is that demagogues convince the poorest of our poor to give up on getting ahead. In France, the non-white poor never have a […]
Nov1st2005
What Is The Cause Of Poverty Among Minorities? Not Race
Published by in Discrimination, Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Poverty. 16 Comments…it is the family.
Walter Williams, Professor of economics at George Mason University writes:
Though I grow weary of pointing it out, let’s do it again. Let’s examine some numbers readily available from the Census Bureau’s 2004 Current Population Survey and ask some questions. There’s one segment of the black population that suffers only a 9.9 percent […]
Apr13th2005
The Relationship Between Economic And Political Freedom
Published by in Books, Capitalism, Communism, Discrimination, Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 0 CommentsOne of the greatest economists of the 20th century, Milton Friedman, wrote this in the beginning of the first chapter of his book Capitalism And Freedom:
“It is widely believed that politics and economics are seperate and largely unconnected; that individual freedom is a political problem and material welfare an economic problem; and that any […]
Feb25th2005
Capitalism And Slavery
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Capitalism, Discrimination, Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 9 CommentsDonald J. Boudreaux, chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University, has a must read article on Capitalism and Slavery.
He writes:
slavery had been an ever-present institution throughout human history until just about 200 years ago. Why didn’t slaveholders of 2,000 years ago in Europe or 500 years ago in Asia accumulate wealth that […]
Feb17th2005
Economic Freedom Is Good For Women
Published by in Capitalism, Discrimination, Economics and General. 0 CommentsAssociate Professor of Economics, E. Frank Stephenson, explains how economic freedom is good for women:
In contrast, there’s an increasing body of literature documenting the beneficial effects of economic freedom for women. Here’s part of the abstract of a neat new paper documenting women’s gain from liberty:
An alleged achievement of socialism was gender equality in the […]
Dec7th2004
Does Discrimination Lead To Poverty?
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Discrimination, Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Poverty. 1 CommentProfessor Thomas E. Woods, Jr. doesn’t think so.
