Daily Economy
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Not Every “Crypto” Is Decentralized: Proof-of-Work vs Proof-of-Stake
“Policymakers seeking to ban Proof-of-Work, or thinking it can be easily replaced by Proof-of-Stake would do well to keep the inherent and important tradeoffs between the two consensus mechanisms in mind.” ~ David Waugh
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Why President Biden’s Climate Goals Are Fictional
“President Biden’s climate goals have something in common with many science fiction movies. The future that seems so far away is in reality too temporally close to make the story plausible.” ~ James E. Hanley
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Lessons from the Pandemic on Deregulation
“Pandemic deregulation’s most enduring benefit may prove to be exposing bogus rationales for rules benefitting one group of businesses over another at the expense or inconvenience of consumers.” ~ Daniel Sutter
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This Is What a Good University President Looks Like
“To me, the top award for American higher education innovation must go to Mitch Daniels, who is just beginning his tenth year as the president of Purdue University.” ~ Richard K. Vedder
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The Other Great Debate
“Nowadays it is difficult to pick a ‘side’ between Paine and Adams. Whichever man one’s political persuasions may favor, the country is undoubtedly a heterodox agglomeration of their ideas.” ~ Garion Frankel
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The Kids Aren’t Alright
“Maybe we’re all in this together, as the propaganda goes, but we are not equally in this together. Treating children the way government officials did was morally wrong.” ~ Ryan Sullivan & David R. Henderson
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Taxes and State Competitiveness
“Politicians in New York must be upset that there’s no way for them to drop lower than #50. But at least they can take comfort in the fact that they are worse than California.” ~ Daniel J. Mitchell
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Questioning Policy Miracles
“Proponents may be so committed to their policy conclusions (typically because they advance their own self-interest) that they go to great lengths to avoid careful thinking about the supposed miracles their arguments need.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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The Public-Health Hazards Posed by Public-Health Paternalists
“Peaceful expression and the exchange of ideas are now regarded by many elites as sources of potentially dangerous ‘externalities.’ This ominous development during COVID surely was encouraged by the rise of public-health paternalists.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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How Government Meddling Ruined Higher Education, Part 2
“We must preserve the autonomy of the small number of colleges that don’t take federal money and are not under Washington’s thumb and try to establish new, non-governmental colleges that can offer students true education at lower cost.” ~ George Leef
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Not Every “Crypto” Is Decentralized: Proof-of-Work vs Proof-of-Stake
“Policymakers seeking to ban Proof-of-Work, or thinking it can be easily replaced by Proof-of-Stake would do well to keep the inherent and important tradeoffs between the two consensus mechanisms in mind.” ~ David Waugh
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Why President Biden’s Climate Goals Are Fictional
“President Biden’s climate goals have something in common with many science fiction movies. The future that seems so far away is in reality too temporally close to make the story plausible.” ~ James E. Hanley
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Lessons from the Pandemic on Deregulation
“Pandemic deregulation’s most enduring benefit may prove to be exposing bogus rationales for rules benefitting one group of businesses over another at the expense or inconvenience of consumers.” ~ Daniel Sutter
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This Is What a Good University President Looks Like
“To me, the top award for American higher education innovation must go to Mitch Daniels, who is just beginning his tenth year as the president of Purdue University.” ~ Richard K. Vedder
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The Other Great Debate
“Nowadays it is difficult to pick a ‘side’ between Paine and Adams. Whichever man one’s political persuasions may favor, the country is undoubtedly a heterodox agglomeration of their ideas.” ~ Garion Frankel
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The Kids Aren’t Alright
“Maybe we’re all in this together, as the propaganda goes, but we are not equally in this together. Treating children the way government officials did was morally wrong.” ~ Ryan Sullivan & David R. Henderson
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Taxes and State Competitiveness
“Politicians in New York must be upset that there’s no way for them to drop lower than #50. But at least they can take comfort in the fact that they are worse than California.” ~ Daniel J. Mitchell
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Questioning Policy Miracles
“Proponents may be so committed to their policy conclusions (typically because they advance their own self-interest) that they go to great lengths to avoid careful thinking about the supposed miracles their arguments need.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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The Public-Health Hazards Posed by Public-Health Paternalists
“Peaceful expression and the exchange of ideas are now regarded by many elites as sources of potentially dangerous ‘externalities.’ This ominous development during COVID surely was encouraged by the rise of public-health paternalists.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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How Government Meddling Ruined Higher Education, Part 2
“We must preserve the autonomy of the small number of colleges that don’t take federal money and are not under Washington’s thumb and try to establish new, non-governmental colleges that can offer students true education at lower cost.” ~ George Leef