Free Markets
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When “Big Business” Revitalizes the Neighborhood
“With the reopening of Whole Foods, the big in Amazon is bringing energy to a neighborhood that had lost it. It’s also rushing a much better future into the present; one that will force competitors to either advance, or be replaced.” ~ John Tamny
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Why Size Matters, Dependency Debilitates, and Markets Must Be Left Alone
“Let’s bring on the capitalists who can promote value creation and who can champion the virtues of voluntary exchange, since this will allow for not only a rebound but a rebirth of the American economic system.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson
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Mr. Employer, Tear Down These Masks
“A ‘return to normal’ requires abandoning all aspects of the ‘new normal’ and asserting a real normal. At long last governments are dropping mask mandates. Holdout employers must do the same.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Industrial Policy? Try Competition and Entrepreneurship Instead
“The entrepreneurship-plus-competition path to a broader-based American economy in a post-Covid world requires humility about what governments can reasonably do if the goal is to promote diversification of the U.S. economy.” ~ Samuel Gregg
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Solving the Post-Pandemic Plastic Pollution Problem
“Research initiatives must begin investigating and investing in treating our oceans and landscapes for the masks and tests polluting them, like they are viruses themselves.” ~ Connor Tomlinson
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A Flawed Report in the Funding Debate
“Not all higher ed dollars are created equal. Idaho’s legislators should create more incentives for the state’s students and colleges to excel instead of simply maintaining the institutional status quo.” ~ Stephen C. Miller & Jason Jewell
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The Economic Way of Seeing
“Recognizing the ability to see what isn’t there as something that makes many of economics’ graphical tools so useful can ground the understanding of those who teach economics, as well as those who take it.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Adam Smith Mends a Broken Heart
“In modern medicine, the enormous size of the cooperation horizon fosters specialization by professionals such as Dr. F and Nurse A. that would be unimaginable in a world without division of labor.” ~ Michael Munger
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Newsweek Discovers Black Conservatives
“Conservatives honor their heritage, but when they look in the mirror they see a person, not a black person or a white person. But how does this work when you’re the only black person in a group?” ~ Clifford F. Thies
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On Human Responsibility
“We are indeed smart and reasonable, but typically only when we each personally experience, in unambiguous ways, a significant portion of the material costs and benefits of each of our choices.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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When “Big Business” Revitalizes the Neighborhood
“With the reopening of Whole Foods, the big in Amazon is bringing energy to a neighborhood that had lost it. It’s also rushing a much better future into the present; one that will force competitors to either advance, or be replaced.” ~ John Tamny
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Why Size Matters, Dependency Debilitates, and Markets Must Be Left Alone
“Let’s bring on the capitalists who can promote value creation and who can champion the virtues of voluntary exchange, since this will allow for not only a rebound but a rebirth of the American economic system.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson
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Mr. Employer, Tear Down These Masks
“A ‘return to normal’ requires abandoning all aspects of the ‘new normal’ and asserting a real normal. At long last governments are dropping mask mandates. Holdout employers must do the same.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Industrial Policy? Try Competition and Entrepreneurship Instead
“The entrepreneurship-plus-competition path to a broader-based American economy in a post-Covid world requires humility about what governments can reasonably do if the goal is to promote diversification of the U.S. economy.” ~ Samuel Gregg
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Solving the Post-Pandemic Plastic Pollution Problem
“Research initiatives must begin investigating and investing in treating our oceans and landscapes for the masks and tests polluting them, like they are viruses themselves.” ~ Connor Tomlinson
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A Flawed Report in the Funding Debate
“Not all higher ed dollars are created equal. Idaho’s legislators should create more incentives for the state’s students and colleges to excel instead of simply maintaining the institutional status quo.” ~ Stephen C. Miller & Jason Jewell
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The Economic Way of Seeing
“Recognizing the ability to see what isn’t there as something that makes many of economics’ graphical tools so useful can ground the understanding of those who teach economics, as well as those who take it.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Adam Smith Mends a Broken Heart
“In modern medicine, the enormous size of the cooperation horizon fosters specialization by professionals such as Dr. F and Nurse A. that would be unimaginable in a world without division of labor.” ~ Michael Munger
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Newsweek Discovers Black Conservatives
“Conservatives honor their heritage, but when they look in the mirror they see a person, not a black person or a white person. But how does this work when you’re the only black person in a group?” ~ Clifford F. Thies
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On Human Responsibility
“We are indeed smart and reasonable, but typically only when we each personally experience, in unambiguous ways, a significant portion of the material costs and benefits of each of our choices.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux