Economic Growth
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The Myth of Spiraling Inequality
Conventional wisdom says that inequality in the United States is spiraling out of control. But what do the data actually say?
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The Economics of Dracula
Vlad the Impaler and his literary incarnation — Count Dracula — have real historical roots in a dark period of economic nationalism.
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Let There Be Light!
Light, as we know it today, is a commodity. That would not have been possible without the institutional prerequisites — freedom to create, own, and exchange — that built the modernity we too often take for granted.
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Multiethnic Societies Can Be Stable, Peaceful, and Prosperous
If all mixed societies are inherently unstable then why are they historically so common and why do many keep going for hundreds of years in peace and rising prosperity?
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Uber Changing Transportation In Africa
Uber is now even defending the rights of those who want to be drivers but who don’t have the money to get expensive driving permits.
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Confiscatory Taxes Don’t Increase Equality
Far from a vindication, the mid-20th century experience of the United States actually points to the futility of using confiscatory tax rates to counteract inequality.
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Why the Sudden Frenzy Against Plastic Straws?
And yes, I’m glad that sea turtle no longer has a straw up his nose. I hope he wasn’t quickly eaten by a shark, which is the leading predator of these animals.
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How Travelling in Europe has Completely Changed
State-run or state-privileged companies have for many decades dominated European markets. But the moment the opportunity arose for others to enter the market, those very companies faltered, while others are currently prevailing. The benefits are immense.
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What’s Causing the Growth? What’s the Threat? Stringham explains on BBC
Edward Stringham speaks to the subject of economic growth on the popular BBC show “Talking Business”
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Would You Eat this Abandoned Chicken Stick?
I could have eaten it without violating anyone’s rights, so far as I can tell. But doing so would bump into an idea that forms the basis of social order, the very distinction between what is mine and what is thine. And keep in mind that this norm thrives most (or only) in an environment…
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The Myth of Spiraling Inequality
Conventional wisdom says that inequality in the United States is spiraling out of control. But what do the data actually say?
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•
The Economics of Dracula
Vlad the Impaler and his literary incarnation — Count Dracula — have real historical roots in a dark period of economic nationalism.
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•
Let There Be Light!
Light, as we know it today, is a commodity. That would not have been possible without the institutional prerequisites — freedom to create, own, and exchange — that built the modernity we too often take for granted.
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Multiethnic Societies Can Be Stable, Peaceful, and Prosperous
If all mixed societies are inherently unstable then why are they historically so common and why do many keep going for hundreds of years in peace and rising prosperity?
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•
Uber Changing Transportation In Africa
Uber is now even defending the rights of those who want to be drivers but who don’t have the money to get expensive driving permits.
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•
Confiscatory Taxes Don’t Increase Equality
Far from a vindication, the mid-20th century experience of the United States actually points to the futility of using confiscatory tax rates to counteract inequality.
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•
Why the Sudden Frenzy Against Plastic Straws?
And yes, I’m glad that sea turtle no longer has a straw up his nose. I hope he wasn’t quickly eaten by a shark, which is the leading predator of these animals.
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How Travelling in Europe has Completely Changed
State-run or state-privileged companies have for many decades dominated European markets. But the moment the opportunity arose for others to enter the market, those very companies faltered, while others are currently prevailing. The benefits are immense.
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•
What’s Causing the Growth? What’s the Threat? Stringham explains on BBC
Edward Stringham speaks to the subject of economic growth on the popular BBC show “Talking Business”
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•
Would You Eat this Abandoned Chicken Stick?
I could have eaten it without violating anyone’s rights, so far as I can tell. But doing so would bump into an idea that forms the basis of social order, the very distinction between what is mine and what is thine. And keep in mind that this norm thrives most (or only) in an environment…