Oil, the Middle East, and the U.S. Economy (Summer 2008)
Understanding the Housing Crisis
The financial crisis sparked by the subprime mortgage collapse has shaken Wall Street to its core. The crisis underscores the fact that a relatively...
Defending America From ‘Stagflation’
In the early 1970s, as I began serving in the U.S. Congress from Buffalo, New York, I remember the shame I felt over President...
Learning From Feds Past
The great Austrian free-market economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises toured Germany together in 1946, according to a probably apocryphal story. They witnessed...
The Pitfalls of Socialized Medicine
For all the life-saving technology and drugs available to Americans, the U.S. health care system has serious problems. Many medications, especially prescription drugs, are...
Is Israel Immune From the Global Market Turmoil?
It is said that when the United States economy sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. If that's the case, then Israel...
Fighting Jihad on Wall Street
On June 30, 2006, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qardawi, perhaps best known for his rulings in support of Hamas suicide bombings, appeared on the television show...