The US economy today is in really bad shape. Our economic growth is minimal, our regulatory burden is horrific, taxes are high, businessmen are not investing in growth, and consumers and government are loaded up with debt. — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
But while capitalism may be a convenient scapegoat, it did not cause any of these problems. Indeed, whatever one wishes to call the unruly mixture of freedom and government controls that made up our economic and political system during the… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“(Although critics of capitalism claim regulations were being gutted during the Bush years, the number of Register pages exploded—as did the amount spent by… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“The Federal Reserve dictated not only the interest rates at which banks could borrow from one another, as it does today, but also the… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
But while capitalism may be a convenient scapegoat, it did not cause any of these problems. Indeed, whatever one wishes to call the unruly… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“The government currently has unfunded liabilities surpassing $66 trillion.57 That’s $66 trillion in expected entitlement payouts over the coming decades for which there is… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
I believe Social Security is unjust. I think it's wrong. I think it penalizes responsible people. It penalizes the young and it's a massive… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
It is ridiculous to assume you can tax the people that are working and give the money (to people) who are not working and… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
It doesn't promote your life to reduce unearned guilt... You should get rid of that guilt. It's unearned. You don't deserve it. So when… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
The US economy today is in really bad shape. Our economic growth is minimal, our regulatory burden is horrific, taxes are high, businessmen are… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“The not-so-astonishing results: By late 2008, Fannie and Freddie were on the verge of collapse and were taken over by the government. Thus their… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“Just as altruism tells an individual that however much he is sacrificing, his duty is to sacrifice more, the Progressives concluded that however much… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
“The only reason the government didn’t stop the financiers was because it approved of what they were doing: helping to lower the cost of… — Yaron Brook Copy Share Image
