“We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's?” KnowsWantGovernmentLeaderOpinionWeekStreetsStyleWallIndustryDown AndBillsClintonDisappearFirmUnemploymentInterventionAbrahamUnprecedentedGovernment InterventionLeadership StyleOpinion Leaders Author:Thomas Frank
“The FHA's success provides strong evidence that government can and should play a role in the nation's mortgage finance system. It also demonstrates that although government intervention in the economy during the Great Recession was messy, things would have been a lot messier without it.” ShouldHas BeensPlayGovernmentStrongNationsRolesEconomyEvidenceFinanceInterventionMessyMortgageRecessionsGovernment InterventionGreat Recession Author:Mark Zandi
“It has become fashionable to rail against government intervention in the economy, and the FHA is a favorite example by those trying to show the government's overreach. In reality, the FHA shows how government action during the Great Recession forestalled a much worse economic fate.” TryingShowsRealityGovernmentActionEconomyFateEconomicExampleInterventionFashionableRecessionsRailGovernment InterventionGreat Recession Author:Mark Zandi
“Both history and contemporary data show that countries prosper more when there are stable and dependable rules, under which people can make investments without having to fear unpredictable new government interventions before these investments can pay off.” PeopleCountryShowsGovernmentPayInvestmentContemporaryDataStableUnpredictableInterventionDependableNew GovernmentGovernment Intervention Author:Thomas Sowell
“Whether we like it or not, government intervention in the face of surplus is here to stay.” GovernmentFacesInterventionSurplusGovernment Intervention Author:Benjamin Graham
“Every government intervention [in the marketplace] creates unintended consequences, which lead to calls for further government interventions.” GovernmentConsequenceInterventionMarketplaceUnintended ConsequencesGovernment Intervention Author:Ludwig von Mises