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What If The People Say “No” – Lessons From Forced Collectivization

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2008 0 Comments

The heart of Obama’s tax plan is taking from the “rich” and giving to the less rich. Yet Obama’s tax plan is based on a fallacy that the “rich” will not change their economic behavior in reaction to higher tax rates. History tells us, however,...

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Joe Biden Read My Article and Agrees!

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 20, 2008 1 Comment

Actually, I don’t know if Joe Biden read my article, A Harvard Trial Lawyer for McCain, and whether he agrees. But Biden made a point that the world would try to test Obama because of Obama’s lack of experience. I made a similar point in...

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John McCain and Nathan Sharansky

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 13, 2008 0 Comments

I was a student of Russian and Soviet history in college, and spent a considerable amount of time in the Soviet Union. While a student in Moscow, I became close friends with the Yakir family (more on them in a later post), a family steeped...

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Obama is “Door No. 2”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 12, 2008 13 Comments

The presidential election of 2008 is still three weeks away. By all likely measures, Barack Obama will win. It’s not a foregone conclusion, but a strong likelihood. Many people point to the recent economic turmoil as the reason for Obama’s rise. In the short run,...

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