Daily Economy
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You Buy From Other Consumers, Not From Producers
“Attempts to ‘manage’ or ‘plan’ prices do nothing to address the real problem of scarcity, and often make scarcity worse. Price controls are a restriction on the ability of other consumers to have their needs met, and that’s just wrong.” ~ Michael Munger
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Putting Affirmative Action to the Question
“In the world of identity politics, religion is not as important as race unless the religion in question merits concern on the basis of the intersectional hierarchy of victimhood.” ~ Kody W. Cooper
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Recalling our Roots- The Fertile Iberian Soil of Liberty
“For a variety of complicated reasons this early Spanish Enlightenment didn’t flourish as we might have wished. But without it, the English and Scottish Enlightenments may well have never coalesced.” ~ Paul Schwennesen
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Public Health Amidst a Smart Pandemic
“Government officials and big tech alike should take seriously that with the rise of big data comes a corresponding concern about privacy and transparency.” ~ April Liu and Ryan M. Yonk
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Where Is the Free Market Utopia?
“Philippon explains why we should embrace competition, and if more people do so after reading The Great Reversal, he will have done an important job.” ~ Art Carden
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Pathologies of Victimhood
“We tend to find what we set out looking for, and when persons operate with the assumption that others are out to victimize them, their expectations tend to be fulfilled.” ~ Richard Gunderman
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Diabetic Complications and Economic Fundamentals
“Basic economics, both in theory and practice, warn us that these latest efforts to subsidize insulin production are much more likely to cause further harm to an already dire situation.” ~ Byron Carson and Raymond J. March
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Education As the Root of Freedom
“If our civilization is to truly flourish, we must push passed the clamor of the culture wars and build our society on the firm foundation of a liberal arts education.” ~ Tyler Syck
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Consumer Sentiment Declined in Early November
“Consumer sentiment fell in early November and remains at recessionary levels. Inflation expectations ticked up, but long-run expectations remain well anchored.” ~ Robert Hughes
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No COVID Tribunals
“Attempts to hold lockdowners personally accountable by imposing on them formal punishments would create yet another terrible precedent, one that would only compound the troubles that we’re destined to suffer from the precedent that was set in March 2020.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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You Buy From Other Consumers, Not From Producers
“Attempts to ‘manage’ or ‘plan’ prices do nothing to address the real problem of scarcity, and often make scarcity worse. Price controls are a restriction on the ability of other consumers to have their needs met, and that’s just wrong.” ~ Michael Munger
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Putting Affirmative Action to the Question
“In the world of identity politics, religion is not as important as race unless the religion in question merits concern on the basis of the intersectional hierarchy of victimhood.” ~ Kody W. Cooper
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Recalling our Roots- The Fertile Iberian Soil of Liberty
“For a variety of complicated reasons this early Spanish Enlightenment didn’t flourish as we might have wished. But without it, the English and Scottish Enlightenments may well have never coalesced.” ~ Paul Schwennesen
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Public Health Amidst a Smart Pandemic
“Government officials and big tech alike should take seriously that with the rise of big data comes a corresponding concern about privacy and transparency.” ~ April Liu and Ryan M. Yonk
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•
Where Is the Free Market Utopia?
“Philippon explains why we should embrace competition, and if more people do so after reading The Great Reversal, he will have done an important job.” ~ Art Carden
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•
Pathologies of Victimhood
“We tend to find what we set out looking for, and when persons operate with the assumption that others are out to victimize them, their expectations tend to be fulfilled.” ~ Richard Gunderman
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•
Diabetic Complications and Economic Fundamentals
“Basic economics, both in theory and practice, warn us that these latest efforts to subsidize insulin production are much more likely to cause further harm to an already dire situation.” ~ Byron Carson and Raymond J. March
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•
Education As the Root of Freedom
“If our civilization is to truly flourish, we must push passed the clamor of the culture wars and build our society on the firm foundation of a liberal arts education.” ~ Tyler Syck
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•
Consumer Sentiment Declined in Early November
“Consumer sentiment fell in early November and remains at recessionary levels. Inflation expectations ticked up, but long-run expectations remain well anchored.” ~ Robert Hughes
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•
No COVID Tribunals
“Attempts to hold lockdowners personally accountable by imposing on them formal punishments would create yet another terrible precedent, one that would only compound the troubles that we’re destined to suffer from the precedent that was set in March 2020.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux