Individualism
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Rent Money Isn’t Wasted — It Buys Protection from Big Risk
Rent is a premium to avoid risk and preserve mobility. Landlords don’t just collect checks: they absorb the financial volatility of homeownership.
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Duke’s Tent City ‘K-Ville’ — Still Crazy After 40 Years
Students’ evolved ticket queuing system is perceived as legitimate because it balances effort, transparency, and equal opportunity.
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401(k)s Built America’s Wealth and Proved All the Critics Wrong
The rise of defined contribution accounts has given workers portability, flexibility, and a stake in America’s capital markets.
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Obesity Economics: How Subsidies Distort the American Diet
Federal subsidies drive food production, consumption, and — unintentionally — chronic disease. Now we’re being asked to subsidize weight loss drugs to fight what farm policy broke.
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Authoritarians and Extremists Exploit the Right’s Political Confusion
Conservatives face a critical task: reassert the principles that defined the movement — individual liberty, limited government, and distrust of authoritarianism — or lose it to unprincipled opportunists.
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What Uber and AirBnB Really Sell: Sharing with Transaction Costs Slashed
Platforms make on-demand access a real alternative to ownership, by reducing the three core transaction costs of sharing with strangers.
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The Truth About Those ‘High Minimum Wage’ Countries
Headline wages in Finland and Australia exempt millions of workers, and the loopholes tell us a lot about labor market realities.
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The Kids Can’t Focus
Screens may seem to be the simple answer, but nothing about society is set up to support deep work or sustained attention.
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Liberty, Risk, and Permission to Live Dangerously
If we want a free, dynamic society of responsible citizens, safetyism browbeating has got to stop.
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Toxic Empathy Is Killing NYC’s Gifted Programs
Investing in achievement and excellence lifts every member of society. Operating from envy only pushes the median down.
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Rent Money Isn’t Wasted — It Buys Protection from Big Risk
Rent is a premium to avoid risk and preserve mobility. Landlords don’t just collect checks: they absorb the financial volatility of homeownership.
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Duke’s Tent City ‘K-Ville’ — Still Crazy After 40 Years
Students’ evolved ticket queuing system is perceived as legitimate because it balances effort, transparency, and equal opportunity.
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401(k)s Built America’s Wealth and Proved All the Critics Wrong
The rise of defined contribution accounts has given workers portability, flexibility, and a stake in America’s capital markets.
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•
Obesity Economics: How Subsidies Distort the American Diet
Federal subsidies drive food production, consumption, and — unintentionally — chronic disease. Now we’re being asked to subsidize weight loss drugs to fight what farm policy broke.
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Authoritarians and Extremists Exploit the Right’s Political Confusion
Conservatives face a critical task: reassert the principles that defined the movement — individual liberty, limited government, and distrust of authoritarianism — or lose it to unprincipled opportunists.
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What Uber and AirBnB Really Sell: Sharing with Transaction Costs Slashed
Platforms make on-demand access a real alternative to ownership, by reducing the three core transaction costs of sharing with strangers.
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The Truth About Those ‘High Minimum Wage’ Countries
Headline wages in Finland and Australia exempt millions of workers, and the loopholes tell us a lot about labor market realities.
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The Kids Can’t Focus
Screens may seem to be the simple answer, but nothing about society is set up to support deep work or sustained attention.
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•
Liberty, Risk, and Permission to Live Dangerously
If we want a free, dynamic society of responsible citizens, safetyism browbeating has got to stop.
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•
Toxic Empathy Is Killing NYC’s Gifted Programs
Investing in achievement and excellence lifts every member of society. Operating from envy only pushes the median down.