Daily Economy
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AI Abundance Won’t End Inflation, Nor Make Money Meaningless
Elon Musk claims AI-driven growth could fund UBI transfers without inflation. But relative prices — not just totals — still drive economic allocation.
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Certificate of Need Laws: How Government Permission Slips Restrict Care and Raise Costs
CON laws give regulators — and incumbent providers — the power to block new competition, at the expense of access and affordability.
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Early Supercomputing Helped Reduce Cold War Risks
The same technologies that once fueled fears of nuclear conflict later helped reduce them and would go on to reshape both strategy and everyday life.
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Deaths from Despair: Is Globalization a Health Risk?
Claims that NAFTA increased deaths among manufacturing workers overlook a key reality: most job loss stems from productivity gains, not trade.
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Getting The Bureaucracy Out of Broadband
A transparent, competitive bidding process could rescue rural broadband from cronyism.
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AIER Names Samuel Gregg as President
The appointment underscores AIER’s commitment to advancing classical liberal principles in a difficult policy climate.
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Progressive Taxes May Discourage the Most Productive Work
A real-world example shows taxes eat into marginal income, steering workers toward lower-paying, but more pleasant, jobs.
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Property Taxes Invert the Moral Order of Ownership
True reform means cutting them now and eliminating them over time.
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Taxing, Borrowing, and Printing: Three Ways America Pays for Government
Tax bills are only the beginning. Borrowing and inflation also finance federal spending — in ways that are easier to ignore but harder to escape.
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Bootleggers, Baptists, and Others Who Benefit From Tax Complexity
Moral advocates and special interests engineer the tax code to reward those best equipped to navigate complex rules.
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AI Abundance Won’t End Inflation, Nor Make Money Meaningless
Elon Musk claims AI-driven growth could fund UBI transfers without inflation. But relative prices — not just totals — still drive economic allocation.
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•
Certificate of Need Laws: How Government Permission Slips Restrict Care and Raise Costs
CON laws give regulators — and incumbent providers — the power to block new competition, at the expense of access and affordability.
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Early Supercomputing Helped Reduce Cold War Risks
The same technologies that once fueled fears of nuclear conflict later helped reduce them and would go on to reshape both strategy and everyday life.
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Deaths from Despair: Is Globalization a Health Risk?
Claims that NAFTA increased deaths among manufacturing workers overlook a key reality: most job loss stems from productivity gains, not trade.
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•
Getting The Bureaucracy Out of Broadband
A transparent, competitive bidding process could rescue rural broadband from cronyism.
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•
AIER Names Samuel Gregg as President
The appointment underscores AIER’s commitment to advancing classical liberal principles in a difficult policy climate.
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•
Progressive Taxes May Discourage the Most Productive Work
A real-world example shows taxes eat into marginal income, steering workers toward lower-paying, but more pleasant, jobs.
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•
Property Taxes Invert the Moral Order of Ownership
True reform means cutting them now and eliminating them over time.
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•
Taxing, Borrowing, and Printing: Three Ways America Pays for Government
Tax bills are only the beginning. Borrowing and inflation also finance federal spending — in ways that are easier to ignore but harder to escape.
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•
Bootleggers, Baptists, and Others Who Benefit From Tax Complexity
Moral advocates and special interests engineer the tax code to reward those best equipped to navigate complex rules.