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How Bureaucracy Fueled the Los Angeles Wildfires
Half of California is ‘publicly owned’ and subject to multiple bureaucracies. They not only neglected fire controls, but fined people who took basic precautions.
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Dynamia, Not Stagnatia
Specialized labor and freely shifting markets result in creative destruction, but also mutual enrichment. Where would you want to live?
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‘Greedflation’ Claims Distract, Drive Policy in the Wrong Direction
Blaming producers for higher prices obscures true policy failures and economic bad actors — perhaps deliberately.
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Starbucks Baristas Were Secretly Recording Co-Workers. But a Court Says It was Illegal to Fire Them
The pair claimed they couldn’t be fired, even when they were hostile to customers and secretly recorded their supervisors. Unfortunately, a Circuit court agreed.
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Pharmaceutical Middlemen Face Lawmaker Scrutiny
More than 25 percent of the federal budget is spent on health care. Endless government intervention, however well-intentioned, rewards lobbyists and distorts markets leaving patients short of options.
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Why Are There No Trillion-Dollar Companies in Europe?
Large companies don’t just happen. They are born, fostered, and grown in low-tax, high-opportunity societies.
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Protectionism and the Fallacy of Composition
Protectionism can’t enrich the country as a whole, only boost certain individuals and industries while impoverishing the rest.
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Why College Tuition Prices Are Suddenly in Decline
Fewer students want to go to college at the current price. The price tag — as well as politicization and paternalism — are on the decline.
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Trump’s Minimum Wage Remarks Highlight the Flaws in Federal Mandates
Uniform wage laws destroy jobs, raise prices, and make automation more attractive….and that’s among the businesses that survive.
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An Overlooked Killer of Income Mobility
Land use regulation keeps poor families from moving to areas where there’s more opportunity, reducing their lifetime earnings.
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How Bureaucracy Fueled the Los Angeles Wildfires
Half of California is ‘publicly owned’ and subject to multiple bureaucracies. They not only neglected fire controls, but fined people who took basic precautions.
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•
Dynamia, Not Stagnatia
Specialized labor and freely shifting markets result in creative destruction, but also mutual enrichment. Where would you want to live?
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•
‘Greedflation’ Claims Distract, Drive Policy in the Wrong Direction
Blaming producers for higher prices obscures true policy failures and economic bad actors — perhaps deliberately.
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•
Starbucks Baristas Were Secretly Recording Co-Workers. But a Court Says It was Illegal to Fire Them
The pair claimed they couldn’t be fired, even when they were hostile to customers and secretly recorded their supervisors. Unfortunately, a Circuit court agreed.
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•
Pharmaceutical Middlemen Face Lawmaker Scrutiny
More than 25 percent of the federal budget is spent on health care. Endless government intervention, however well-intentioned, rewards lobbyists and distorts markets leaving patients short of options.
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•
Why Are There No Trillion-Dollar Companies in Europe?
Large companies don’t just happen. They are born, fostered, and grown in low-tax, high-opportunity societies.
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•
Protectionism and the Fallacy of Composition
Protectionism can’t enrich the country as a whole, only boost certain individuals and industries while impoverishing the rest.
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•
Why College Tuition Prices Are Suddenly in Decline
Fewer students want to go to college at the current price. The price tag — as well as politicization and paternalism — are on the decline.
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•
Trump’s Minimum Wage Remarks Highlight the Flaws in Federal Mandates
Uniform wage laws destroy jobs, raise prices, and make automation more attractive….and that’s among the businesses that survive.
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•
An Overlooked Killer of Income Mobility
Land use regulation keeps poor families from moving to areas where there’s more opportunity, reducing their lifetime earnings.