I am going to be spending the day at the economic symposium sponsored by Vermont Tiger today. Check out the list of speakers and panelists (PDF).
I will not have my laptop with me, but I will be sure to fill you in later.
I will send updates to Twitter via cell phone. I’m @shesright, if you [...]
Vermont Tiger is having another symposium. This time, the theme is, “Compete or Retreat : Surviving and Prospering in the Global Economy“.
I have no idea why it took me so long to post this. I have been looking forward to it for two weeks now.
Why should you care? I have two words for you [...]
I know that stocks are tumbling. I know that the House voted down the bailout. I know that the entire US economy is on the verge collapse. Whatever. Let’s talk about something important, here.
Can we all agree that we want US companies to get the heck out of China and stop [...]
So I’ve been thinking. A while back, I bought a big new stereo system that I really could not afford, so I bought it on credit. They gave me a great low-payment introductory offer.
But then, the payments went up and now I can’t afford them. Now the company wants to repossess my [...]
Every morning when I check my e-mail, I read the Town Hall daily e-mail, which contains the links to and short excerpt from the day’s columns.
That is usually the extent of my Town Hall reading.
Except on days like today, when I find not one, not two, but three of my favorites all in one edition: [...]
This is a continuation of my coverage of the Vermont Tiger Symposium. You can read part one here.
The afternoon speaker was Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man. (You can read here bio here. You can also read an interview with her about The Forgotten Man here.)
Her talk was about the election [...]
Continue reading about Entrepreneurs or Entitlements: Part 2
The only thing that irritates me more than reading a bunch of liberals opining about an event that they did not even attend is…wait…nothing.
So, I thought I would take a little time to post about what really happened at the Vermont Tiger Symposium.
The day was basically split into to halves.
The first half started, after Geoff [...]
Continue reading about Entrepreneurs or Entitlements: Part 1
As you may have heard, Vermont Tiger held a symposium today entitled: Entrepreneurs or Entitlements: the future of Vermont’s economy.
Panelist, and editor-at-large of vermonttiger.com, Art Woolf clarified what is meant by “entrepreneurs” in that title as “market solutions to public policy problems.”
The symposium featured addresses by national personalities David Audretsch, Amity Shlaes, and P.J. O’Rourke. [...]
Vermont Tiger is having a symposium on the state’s economic future…
Now JD wants to know, “how is a system that puts profits over health somehow a better choice?”
Okay, I am no economist, but here is a simplified explanation of why a for-profit entity is better than a government subsidized entity.
Where do profits come from? Profits are made when consumers purchase your product or service. [...]
