Mises Economics Blog » Chris Brown http://blog.mises.org Proceeding Ever More Boldly Against Evil Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:16:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Neoclassical Fallacy of Government as Deus ex Machina http://blog.mises.org/9975/the-neoclassical-fallacy-of-government-as-deus-ex-machina/ http://blog.mises.org/9975/the-neoclassical-fallacy-of-government-as-deus-ex-machina/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 01:56:07 +0000 Chris Brown http://blog.mises.org/archives/009975.asp

The question of where the government fits into the neoclassical framework demands an answer. It cannot just be assumed that any market “inefficiencies” (in the neoclassical sense) could be limited or eliminated by government, when government itself is arguably the most inefficient of all institutions. FULL ARTICLE

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One of the most harmful of Barack Obama’s public-private partnerships (PPPs) has to do with his support of entrepreneurship in an attempt to “spur job growth.” I would like to show why this is not only a particularly bad idea but also a destructive one, leading to exactly the opposite of the result sought by the program. Contrary to popular myth, startup companies do not generate many new jobs, and actually create net job losses after their first year. FULL ARTICLE

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It is near impossible to imagine any private company not enjoying the “problem” of high demand for its products and services. Yet there are some products that are repeatedly reported as shortages. There is one thing these products have in common: government intervention, typically in the form of price controls.

This is especially the case with water in Melbourne, Australia. FULL ARTICLE

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A mix of public and private ownership is a socialist arrangement, and a sly tactic employed by those looking for increased power, albeit under a different name: the public-private partnership. PPPs are essentially contracts between a public agency and a private company where assets, risks, and rewards are shared in providing a good or service to the public. The greater the extent of government ownership, the larger the amount of calculational chaos, and the closer we move toward socialism. FULL ARTICLE

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It is easy to criticize the US healthcare system, but we should be clear on one thing: it is not “free market” or “private” healthcare. A free market in healthcare would be more efficient and innovative, and offer better quality products and services, with lower prices than is currently the case. Wal-Mart is leading the way. FULL ARTICLE

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