Topic: Milton Friedman

Movie review: 'The Yes Men Fix the World'

Using clever hoaxes, the two activists use their hilarious pranks to skewer corporate fat-cats.

How to cut unemployment: tax credit for employers who hire?

A tax credit to spur hiring can help trim unemployment, say experts, but comes with a heavy price tag. The revenue loss for a 1977 scheme was $5.7 billion.

Opinion: Is America still depression-proof?

Milton Friedman's famous prediction may need revising.

Opinion: School vouchers leave too many children behind

Choice is good, but some parents are busy worrying about food and shelter.

Raising Keynes: An old economist finds new rock-star status

Keynesian economics is being hailed as key to ending the collapse.

Bernanke wades into economic policy muddle

US Treasury and the Fed: too close for comfort?

Some economists have reservations about recent moves to rescue the economy.

Opinion: Forget Bretton Woods II – we need a gold standard

Without the integrity and restraint a gold standard provides, America may be headed on a path to hyperinflation.

Financial crisis fallout: from your stocks to America's global role

Some economists see some rays of light amid the economic gloom.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about Middle East minorities, organic farming, causes of inflation, and immigration-status verification.

World

Opinion: We're on information overload

Kids can't focus these days, and neither can I.

Opinion: The foolishness of economic 'stimulus'

Do we really want to risk prolonging a bad economy?

Ron Paul: an absolute faith in free markets and less government

The 10-term congressman from Texas has been a strict constitutionalist since he came into public life some 30 years ago.