Matthew J. Novak

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Bashing BP — When We Should Be Bashing the Corporatist State

06/23/2010 Mises Daily Matthew J. Novak

There has been tremendous criticism in the media of late regarding BP’s response to the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and the subsequent spilling of millions of barrels...

Commercial-Real-Estate Crush: The Next Crisis Not to Be Wasted?

10/29/2009 Mises Daily Matthew J. Novak

Some groups are losing a lot of money right now. The current news regarding the commercial-real-estate market in New York City is an indicator of the big-city result of “irrational exuberance” in commercial real estate.

Open Letter from One Non-Economist to Another

03/31/2009 Matthew J. Novak

Through your commentary, you provide intellectual cover for a system and structure of power that does not deserve your support. Would you consider that the truth may be vastly different from what you have come to accept as fact? Government’s role in

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