Economic Trends
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Don’t Sweat the Crash in Oil Prices
It’s the result of a much-overdue price war among producers from which the consuming public will benefit. Amid the waves of bad economic news, this is actually good news.
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Economic Crisis Is the State’s Oxygen
With the virus priced, investor are now hedging themselves against a typically obtuse and alarmist reaction from policymakers that will enhance the power of government at the expense of the private sector where all growth takes place.
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Why this Draconian Response to COVID-19?
Are we really ready to imprison the world, wreck financial markets, destroy countless jobs, and massively disrupt life as we know it, all to forestall some uncertain fate, even as we do know the right way to deal with the problem from a medical point of view? It’s at least worth debating.
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Women in the Wonderful World of Work
Woman may become the dominant force in law and medicine, but men will apparently play the heavier role in engineering for the near-term.
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Real Estate and the Wealth of a Nation
In terms of the economic health of a nation, the level of private debt and the value of private assets has an enormous influence on household spending patterns.
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Career Strategies Haven’t Changed as Much as You Think
Virus fears are causing many companies to encourage their employees to work at home instead of coming into the office. It’s possible now, and that’s wonderful. Twenty years ago, it would have been far more difficult. Forty years ago, most jobs today could not be accomplished at home. Thank you technology and thank you capitalistic…
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Liberalism Should Reject Welfare Statism
Dislike for the personality and disagreement with the policies of Donald Trump have helped to revive a seemingly dead idea: socialism. This has placed friends and defenders of a free society on the defensive in having to make the positive case for free market liberalism.
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Economic Policy Must Prepare for Pandemic Disease
The best approach to a shocking event like a global pandemic disease with a high death rate is to free the markets and eliminate barriers to trade as soon as possible. This would at least minimize the damage, get goods and services to those who need them, calm the panic, and reward traders and investors…
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Sanders, Stocks, the Threat of Pandemic Disease
If headline writers possessed a clue about what moves stocks, or even if they possessed a clue about whom to ask about what moves stocks, they wouldn’t be headline writers.
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The Strangest Thing about the Debate
The trouble with the 7 people on the stage last night is that they have little or no regard for our personal plans. It’s their plans for us that matter. Our lives are mere abstractions to them.
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Don’t Sweat the Crash in Oil Prices
It’s the result of a much-overdue price war among producers from which the consuming public will benefit. Amid the waves of bad economic news, this is actually good news.
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•
Economic Crisis Is the State’s Oxygen
With the virus priced, investor are now hedging themselves against a typically obtuse and alarmist reaction from policymakers that will enhance the power of government at the expense of the private sector where all growth takes place.
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•
Why this Draconian Response to COVID-19?
Are we really ready to imprison the world, wreck financial markets, destroy countless jobs, and massively disrupt life as we know it, all to forestall some uncertain fate, even as we do know the right way to deal with the problem from a medical point of view? It’s at least worth debating.
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•
Women in the Wonderful World of Work
Woman may become the dominant force in law and medicine, but men will apparently play the heavier role in engineering for the near-term.
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•
Real Estate and the Wealth of a Nation
In terms of the economic health of a nation, the level of private debt and the value of private assets has an enormous influence on household spending patterns.
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•
Career Strategies Haven’t Changed as Much as You Think
Virus fears are causing many companies to encourage their employees to work at home instead of coming into the office. It’s possible now, and that’s wonderful. Twenty years ago, it would have been far more difficult. Forty years ago, most jobs today could not be accomplished at home. Thank you technology and thank you capitalistic…
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•
Liberalism Should Reject Welfare Statism
Dislike for the personality and disagreement with the policies of Donald Trump have helped to revive a seemingly dead idea: socialism. This has placed friends and defenders of a free society on the defensive in having to make the positive case for free market liberalism.
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•
Economic Policy Must Prepare for Pandemic Disease
The best approach to a shocking event like a global pandemic disease with a high death rate is to free the markets and eliminate barriers to trade as soon as possible. This would at least minimize the damage, get goods and services to those who need them, calm the panic, and reward traders and investors…
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•
Sanders, Stocks, the Threat of Pandemic Disease
If headline writers possessed a clue about what moves stocks, or even if they possessed a clue about whom to ask about what moves stocks, they wouldn’t be headline writers.
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•
The Strangest Thing about the Debate
The trouble with the 7 people on the stage last night is that they have little or no regard for our personal plans. It’s their plans for us that matter. Our lives are mere abstractions to them.