Hobby Lobby April Fools Joke

In my last post, I wrote about the absurdity of economic process in the realm of the Hobby Lobby religious liberty arguments. To drive the point home at how arbitrary this procedural silliness is, I have a hypothetical April Fools joke one could play on Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby opposes “paying” for IUDs. Medicaid, government… Continue reading Hobby Lobby April Fools Joke

The federal government should just borrow money and invest it

One of the most interesting ideas that comes out of Gar Alperovitz’s America Beyond Capitalism is using the government as an investor. The government already invests in infrastructure, education, and so on, but with the exception of pension funds, the government rarely invests directly into the stock market or other conventional investment vehicles. Alperovitz thinks… Continue reading The federal government should just borrow money and invest it