Free Markets
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Deregulatory Lessons from Argentina: How Javier Milei Lowered Rent Prices 40%
Before the Lipovetzky Law, Argentine landlords and tenants typically agreed on semiannual rent adjustments, with room for renegotiation.
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Green Activists Are Coming for Your Money
The “green” transition isn’t a pursuit of a low-carbon world so much as a scheme to defraud ordinary people and expand a few green elites’ bank accounts.
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The Costco Butter Recall of 2024 Is Not What You Think
The FDA should step in only when markets can’t. The Costco butter debacle shows how rarely that actually happens.
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Censorship Attacks the Pursuit of Truth
Attempts to concentrate power and kill competition are toxic to the marketplace of ideas.
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Walgreens, Mass Closures, and the Power of Incentives
Persistent problems and recurring losses tend to incentivize ingenuity and new thinking in a market economy.
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1500 Hours: Haircuts, Pilots, and Regulatory Capture
Years of training and certification aren’t required to protect consumers. They exist to protect existing players and bolster training programs.
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The High Cost of Cheap Rent: Why Rent Control Fails the Market and People
Capped rent provides short-term relief for a select few, but harms the broader housing market and exacerbates the problems it purports to solve.
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How the Chicago Teachers Union Turned the Public School System Into a Dumpster Fire
All seven members of the Chicago Board of Education resigned in protest following pressure from Mayor Brandon Johnson and his top campaign contributor, the teachers union.
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Supermarket Merger Muddle
“Traditional supermarkets have been losing a great deal of market share to those excluded from that definition.” ~Gary Galles
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Deregulatory Lessons from Argentina: How Javier Milei Lowered Rent Prices 40%
Before the Lipovetzky Law, Argentine landlords and tenants typically agreed on semiannual rent adjustments, with room for renegotiation.
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•
Green Activists Are Coming for Your Money
The “green” transition isn’t a pursuit of a low-carbon world so much as a scheme to defraud ordinary people and expand a few green elites’ bank accounts.
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The Costco Butter Recall of 2024 Is Not What You Think
The FDA should step in only when markets can’t. The Costco butter debacle shows how rarely that actually happens.
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Censorship Attacks the Pursuit of Truth
Attempts to concentrate power and kill competition are toxic to the marketplace of ideas.
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Walgreens, Mass Closures, and the Power of Incentives
Persistent problems and recurring losses tend to incentivize ingenuity and new thinking in a market economy.
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•
1500 Hours: Haircuts, Pilots, and Regulatory Capture
Years of training and certification aren’t required to protect consumers. They exist to protect existing players and bolster training programs.
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The High Cost of Cheap Rent: Why Rent Control Fails the Market and People
Capped rent provides short-term relief for a select few, but harms the broader housing market and exacerbates the problems it purports to solve.
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•
How the Chicago Teachers Union Turned the Public School System Into a Dumpster Fire
All seven members of the Chicago Board of Education resigned in protest following pressure from Mayor Brandon Johnson and his top campaign contributor, the teachers union.
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Supermarket Merger Muddle
“Traditional supermarkets have been losing a great deal of market share to those excluded from that definition.” ~Gary Galles