Backward To The Future!

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary) | November 20th at 01:57 PM |

Ah, the 1950’s – a quaint decade of peace and prosperity. We compare it the 60’s, and mourn our nation’s lost hygiene, oops I mean innocence. Ok, so maybe that sort of nostalgia is overblown and a wee tad derogatory. Yet Dwight Eisenhower warned us of America turning into Amerika and we just didn’t get it. So Paul Krugman rides again to sell us his typically origami* version of economic events.

Tags: 1950s, Eisenhower, History, Krugabe, Military Industrial Complex, Tax Rates, Wealth redistribution

Fifty Years Later: Ike on the Military Industrial Complex

By: Ben Domenech (Diary) | January 17th at 11:29 AM |

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed Today on Coffee and Markets Francis Cianfrocca and I discuss the fiftieth anniversary of Eisenhower’s “military-industrial complex” warning, Defense spending and cuts, and the challenges of Fed policy on inflation. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. You can find our iTunes feed at CoffeeandMarkets.com. If you’d like to email us, you can do | Read More »

Tags: Defense spending, Military Industrial Complex, Podcast

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