Arthur Laffer, a former member of Ronald Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board, and Wayne Winegarden have written a paper entitled, “The Adverse Economic Impacts of Cap-and-Trade Regulations.” The paper provides one of the most clear and concise discussions of the negative economic implications of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change bill currently being debated by the […]

Today, Human Events intern (and fellow Bucknellian!) Wendy Schibener posted a great article outlining the many ways in which liberals have failed to support efforts for energy independence that might actually produce positive results for the US economy.
Democrats are obsessed with the idea of laying the blame of record high gasoline prices on someone – […]

It looks like some students at the University of Central Florida have been able to cultivate their own source of clean energy.
Not only have they found a cheaper way to power their vehicles, but they are also providing a great example of how free-market ingenuity (not regulation) will be the driving force for environmental change.
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Does this make sense? Take your tax rebate to this car dealership and take out a loan to finance a car?
Odds are there are some people who took out some subprime loans who probably think this is a great idea.

Source: Chris Sharron, The Daily Kent Stater

As many of you find yourself in, or entering finals week, for graduating seniors there is more to worry about than whether or not they are going to finish their comparative politics paper on time.
No, for many seniors, the weeks leading up to graduation present a different type stress, one that is often times hard […]

There is a great article from the Iowa State Daily discussing the economics of beer prices and why many college students can expect to see (or have already seen) an increase in the price of their favorite ‘brews’ due to a global shortage of hops.
You can check out the article here.