Posts Tagged ‘price controls’
There’s no such thing as a free lunch: the cancer drug shortage. A harbinger of things to come?
On the “CBS This Morning” show this week , there was a story on the increasing shortage of cancer medications due to a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the expiration of patent protections and the competing manufacture of generic cancer meds. Sounds great, right?
Read MoreIsn’t ØBAMACARE supposed to fix our healthcare system?
While some will say that the complaints about ØBAMACARE (I am making this Øbama’s trademark, since there is a move to restrict the use of the term in political advertising) are “future hypotheticals”, there are aspects of ØBAMACARE that are occurring as we speak, and they do not bode well. The Wall St. Journal recently…
Read MoreThe conservative perspective on payday loans
In today’s world, almost every single person is a victim of the loan scam. While it is undoubtedly helpful, it is equally burdening too. Many people who owe loans to more than 1 person have begun to take out trust deeds as it is in today’s world the only safest option which allowed them to…
Read MoreChavez failing Economics 101 – sends army to rice plants
Economics is the study of the use of scarce resources which have alternative uses. This definition comes from the text Basic Economics written by Thomas Sowell. Hugo Chavez – president of Venezuela – should read at least the first couple chapters of this book. From Bloomberg.com… Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to tighten his grip…
Read MoreEmotion will not help you understand fuel prices
Gas prices go up. Gas prices go down. Those of you who think there is a daily 7 a.m. ET conference call where the executives from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and Sunoco decide what the price of gas should be that day are wrong. Fuel prices, just like any other world commodity, are driven by the…
Read MoreCan Hugo Destroy Venezuela in Record Time?
Hugo Chavez is on a mission. A mission to destroy the country of Venezuela and crush the spirit of the people. Here we have an emerging socialist country, doing it’s best to emulate the failure of Castro’s Cuba, and Chavez may just be able to pull it off in record time. In 2003, price controls…
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