Economic Growth
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Why Oil Keeps Getting More Abundant
Oil deposits may be finite, but human knowledge is not. Freedom, innovation, and entrepreneurship continually transform our use of resources.
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What the Olympics Really Cost: Rio’s 10-Year Legacy of Debt and Destruction
Rio 2016, like many ambitious projects, combined political cronyism and weak market discipline. Ordinary Brazilians are still paying the bill.
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Warsh Wants the Federal Reserve to Rethink the Rules
The new chairman has long argued the Fed’s own institutional habits undermine sound money. His blueprint suggests key reforms.
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Who Gets Rich from Innovation? Evidence from Broadband Expansion on the Colville Reservation
The biggest winners from new technologies are usually the people who use them, not the people who invent them.
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‘Pink’ Prices Aren’t Prejudice
Similar consumer products can command different prices. Critics call the pattern a “pink tax,” but it’s neither arbitrarily imposed nor impossible to avoid.
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Upward Mobility Is a Better Measure of Justice Than Income Equality
If your wealthy boss earns less, will you earn more? France’s compressed salary scale shows more ‘equal’ pay clusters at levels that could keep you both poorer.
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Immigrants Build America’s Most Valuable Companies
Visa holders founded half of today’s Fortune 500 companies and a majority of billion-dollar startups. Current restrictions damage that competitive advantage and choke off future growth.
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Does Funding Research Give Government a Claim to Tech Firms?
Public research may contribute to private innovation, but causal influence does not give government an ownership stake.
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Hamilton’s Economic Vision Had One Crucial Blind Spot
Hamilton recognized the importance of manufacturing but overlooked the market processes that create lasting prosperity.
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Business Conditions Monthly April 2026
Data reveal a mixed but resilient economy: current activity improved, while signals of future growth remain murky.
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Why Oil Keeps Getting More Abundant
Oil deposits may be finite, but human knowledge is not. Freedom, innovation, and entrepreneurship continually transform our use of resources.
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•
What the Olympics Really Cost: Rio’s 10-Year Legacy of Debt and Destruction
Rio 2016, like many ambitious projects, combined political cronyism and weak market discipline. Ordinary Brazilians are still paying the bill.
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•
Warsh Wants the Federal Reserve to Rethink the Rules
The new chairman has long argued the Fed’s own institutional habits undermine sound money. His blueprint suggests key reforms.
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•
Who Gets Rich from Innovation? Evidence from Broadband Expansion on the Colville Reservation
The biggest winners from new technologies are usually the people who use them, not the people who invent them.
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•
‘Pink’ Prices Aren’t Prejudice
Similar consumer products can command different prices. Critics call the pattern a “pink tax,” but it’s neither arbitrarily imposed nor impossible to avoid.
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•
Upward Mobility Is a Better Measure of Justice Than Income Equality
If your wealthy boss earns less, will you earn more? France’s compressed salary scale shows more ‘equal’ pay clusters at levels that could keep you both poorer.
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•
Immigrants Build America’s Most Valuable Companies
Visa holders founded half of today’s Fortune 500 companies and a majority of billion-dollar startups. Current restrictions damage that competitive advantage and choke off future growth.
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•
Does Funding Research Give Government a Claim to Tech Firms?
Public research may contribute to private innovation, but causal influence does not give government an ownership stake.
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•
Hamilton’s Economic Vision Had One Crucial Blind Spot
Hamilton recognized the importance of manufacturing but overlooked the market processes that create lasting prosperity.
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•
Business Conditions Monthly April 2026
Data reveal a mixed but resilient economy: current activity improved, while signals of future growth remain murky.