Daily Economy
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Beyond Taxation and Representation: the Legacy of the Boston Tea Party
“Even a representative government, is not entitled to openly, or covertly, tax, regulate, or limit lawful, private activities, regardless of whether a majority of representatives and their constituents agree.” ~Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero
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Robots Free Humans from Repetitive Tasks
“Robots handle repetitive tasks or heavy lifting that cause substantial wear on the human body, reducing the risk of injury to employees. Robotics with AI would complement, rather than substitute, human labor.” ~Janna Lu
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I Fought the Google, and the Google Won
“The plaintiffs were all taxpayers in NC, but we had no actual say about how those payments taken from us were to be spent, even if the spending violated the Constitution of the state.” ~Michael Munger
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The Coming Crack-Up of the Left: Yascha Mounk’s ‘The Identity Trap: A Story of Power and Ideas in Our Time’
“The threat to the identity synthesis, and the main targets of its proponents, are the old-fashioned liberals, whether they fall on the right or the left of the political spectrum.” ~James E. Hartley
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Resistance to Revitalization? When Neighborhoods Change but Regulations Don’t
“The amount of red tape and regulation, fees and form-filling that government has wrapped around simple collaboration isn’t just irritating and expensive. On a deep level, it’s inhuman.” ~Laura Williams
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Why Ordinary People Enable Totalitarians (Part II)
“The best safeguard of liberty is societal support for a system that prevents abuses of power before individual acts of heroism are necessary.” ~Barry Brownstein
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Sees Largest Decline in 2023
“While the likelihood of another rate hike in the final FOMC meeting of 2023 this week is low, the slowing rate of disinflation and stubbornly elevated prices suggest that speculation regarding the start of rate cuts is, at best, early.” ~Peter C. Earle
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A Short Guide to ESG: Finance
“ESG considerations represent a mainstreaming of impact investing while giving ‘fiduciary’ cover to large institutional investors who invest trillions of dollars of other people’s money in ways that advance mostly political priorities.” ~Paul Mueller
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Argentina’s New President Should Reframe Its Central Bank Even If He Later Proceeds To Eliminate It
“Establishing trustworthy monetary rules is needed to incentivize fiscal responsibility. Constructing robust institutions that allow monetary authorities to act within constraints is even more imperative.” ~Joaquín Henault
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New Hampshire’s Lesson for America
“an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: Never give government tools it will be tempted to abuse in the first place.
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Beyond Taxation and Representation: the Legacy of the Boston Tea Party
“Even a representative government, is not entitled to openly, or covertly, tax, regulate, or limit lawful, private activities, regardless of whether a majority of representatives and their constituents agree.” ~Luis Carlos Araujo Quintero
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Robots Free Humans from Repetitive Tasks
“Robots handle repetitive tasks or heavy lifting that cause substantial wear on the human body, reducing the risk of injury to employees. Robotics with AI would complement, rather than substitute, human labor.” ~Janna Lu
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I Fought the Google, and the Google Won
“The plaintiffs were all taxpayers in NC, but we had no actual say about how those payments taken from us were to be spent, even if the spending violated the Constitution of the state.” ~Michael Munger
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The Coming Crack-Up of the Left: Yascha Mounk’s ‘The Identity Trap: A Story of Power and Ideas in Our Time’
“The threat to the identity synthesis, and the main targets of its proponents, are the old-fashioned liberals, whether they fall on the right or the left of the political spectrum.” ~James E. Hartley
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Resistance to Revitalization? When Neighborhoods Change but Regulations Don’t
“The amount of red tape and regulation, fees and form-filling that government has wrapped around simple collaboration isn’t just irritating and expensive. On a deep level, it’s inhuman.” ~Laura Williams
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Why Ordinary People Enable Totalitarians (Part II)
“The best safeguard of liberty is societal support for a system that prevents abuses of power before individual acts of heroism are necessary.” ~Barry Brownstein
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•
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Sees Largest Decline in 2023
“While the likelihood of another rate hike in the final FOMC meeting of 2023 this week is low, the slowing rate of disinflation and stubbornly elevated prices suggest that speculation regarding the start of rate cuts is, at best, early.” ~Peter C. Earle
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A Short Guide to ESG: Finance
“ESG considerations represent a mainstreaming of impact investing while giving ‘fiduciary’ cover to large institutional investors who invest trillions of dollars of other people’s money in ways that advance mostly political priorities.” ~Paul Mueller
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Argentina’s New President Should Reframe Its Central Bank Even If He Later Proceeds To Eliminate It
“Establishing trustworthy monetary rules is needed to incentivize fiscal responsibility. Constructing robust institutions that allow monetary authorities to act within constraints is even more imperative.” ~Joaquín Henault
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New Hampshire’s Lesson for America
“an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: Never give government tools it will be tempted to abuse in the first place.