Economic Sense

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article2898542.ece “Hardly a day has gone by this summer without opponents of GM maize - b...

Many are making claims (perhaps as a marketing technique to increase profits) that milk produced from cows containing rbST is less healthy t...

I usually like to write my own posts, but this excerpt from a brochure (link: http://www.sdcma.org/GMFoodsBrochure.pdf provided my the Sandi...

What is rbST? rbST is recombinantly (lab) produced bovine somatotropin. This hormone is given supplementally by dairy producers to increa...

Dennis Avery of the Hudson Institute writes a pretty interesting op-ed regarding organic farming in today's Star Tribune. One of the mor...

http://www.thekrogerco.com/corpnews/corpnewsinfo_pressreleases_08012007.htm ‘CINCINNATI, Ohio – August 1, 2007 – The Kroger Co. (NYSE:KR) an...

While the cattle cycle should be in an expansion phase, it looks like at this point many people are finding themselves with little choice bu...

Corn is over $3 bushel compared to an average of about $2 for the last few years. Soybeans are over $8.50 per bushel vs. an average of about...

The fed has already taken action by lowering the discount rate. We will see if further liquidity is provided in September with a lowering of...

In a previous post I presented a brief overview of a hybrid monetarist/Austrian view of bubbles and business cycles. This explained the burs...

In the previous post, I noted that the miscalculations that result from discretionary monetary policy may have resulted in many of the econo...

Many economists agree that in the short run, an increase or decrease in the money supply has real effects on the economy. That’s how the fed...

I’ve previously discussed one issue with government decision-making, being type-two error bias. The next issue I would like to introduce is ...

Often times, when it comes to environmental protection or any other issue of social interest, government intervention is justified on the ba...

There are a lot of interesting things going on in Agriculture. Alternative fuels, the farm bill, animal waste,organic agriculture, biotechno...

You may have heard the headlines about the resulting increase in food prices from demand for ethanol. There is actually much more to the sto...

WHEN SHOULD PERSONAL DECISIONS BECOME GOVERNMENT DECISIONS According to many , the harms from cigarette smoke are well known and scientific...

A final excerpt from an e-mail I received encouraging me to oppose new farm bill legislation. “When you think of family farmers, do you pi...

Another note related the e-mail in opposition to the proposed farm bill. “Moreover, by disproportionately subsidizing corn, wheat, and soy...

I received an email recently from someone opposed to the farm bill. Part of their critique was as follows: “Amazingly, they're some of...