Daily Economy
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Cancel Culture Goes to Law School
“Apparently the people in charge are more afraid of offending the BLSA than of losing a court battle. That speaks volumes about the weakness in university leadership these days.” ~ George Leef
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Mr. Employer, Tear Down These Masks
“A ‘return to normal’ requires abandoning all aspects of the ‘new normal’ and asserting a real normal. At long last governments are dropping mask mandates. Holdout employers must do the same.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Thinking Straight about Bitcoin’s Social Costs and Benefits
“To view Bitcoin transactions as problematic, as a cost rather than a benefit, would be to view things like a state advocate rather than like a consumer advocate.” ~ Lawrence H. White
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Understanding Unemployment
“The real impact of recession is felt directly on the unemployed and their families, in lost income, lost opportunities, and a host of social problems, including impaired mental health, domestic violence, and substance abuse.” ~ Robert F. Mulligan
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Like Carter, unlike Coolidge
“It is time we looked past the obscurity and calumny that has been thrown over Coolidge’s record and ideas so that we can rediscover his wisdom. In doing so, the vast shortcomings of the Biden administration become even clearer.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Industrial Policy? Try Competition and Entrepreneurship Instead
“The entrepreneurship-plus-competition path to a broader-based American economy in a post-Covid world requires humility about what governments can reasonably do if the goal is to promote diversification of the U.S. economy.” ~ Samuel Gregg
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Consumer Sentiment Fell Again in Early March
“Consumer sentiment fell again in early March and is consistent with prior recessions. Consumers are concerned about fallout from the war in Ukraine, rising prices, government policies, and long-term economic prospects.” ~ Robert Hughes
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Solving the Post-Pandemic Plastic Pollution Problem
“Research initiatives must begin investigating and investing in treating our oceans and landscapes for the masks and tests polluting them, like they are viruses themselves.” ~ Connor Tomlinson
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Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Hover Around Pre-Pandemic Levels
“Weekly initial claims ticked up but remain at a very low level, suggesting the labor market remains tight. However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine dramatically increases uncertainty.” ~ Robert Hughes
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Ludwig von Mises’s Free Market Agenda for a Postwar Ukraine
“Ukrainians will have to not only rebuild their country but decide which ideology will be the foundation for their country’s future. The ideal one would be Ludwig von Mises’s proposed ideology of a ‘perfect free market economy.'” ~ Richard M. Ebeling
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Cancel Culture Goes to Law School
“Apparently the people in charge are more afraid of offending the BLSA than of losing a court battle. That speaks volumes about the weakness in university leadership these days.” ~ George Leef
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•
Mr. Employer, Tear Down These Masks
“A ‘return to normal’ requires abandoning all aspects of the ‘new normal’ and asserting a real normal. At long last governments are dropping mask mandates. Holdout employers must do the same.” ~ Jon Sanders
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•
Thinking Straight about Bitcoin’s Social Costs and Benefits
“To view Bitcoin transactions as problematic, as a cost rather than a benefit, would be to view things like a state advocate rather than like a consumer advocate.” ~ Lawrence H. White
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•
Understanding Unemployment
“The real impact of recession is felt directly on the unemployed and their families, in lost income, lost opportunities, and a host of social problems, including impaired mental health, domestic violence, and substance abuse.” ~ Robert F. Mulligan
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•
Like Carter, unlike Coolidge
“It is time we looked past the obscurity and calumny that has been thrown over Coolidge’s record and ideas so that we can rediscover his wisdom. In doing so, the vast shortcomings of the Biden administration become even clearer.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Industrial Policy? Try Competition and Entrepreneurship Instead
“The entrepreneurship-plus-competition path to a broader-based American economy in a post-Covid world requires humility about what governments can reasonably do if the goal is to promote diversification of the U.S. economy.” ~ Samuel Gregg
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•
Consumer Sentiment Fell Again in Early March
“Consumer sentiment fell again in early March and is consistent with prior recessions. Consumers are concerned about fallout from the war in Ukraine, rising prices, government policies, and long-term economic prospects.” ~ Robert Hughes
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•
Solving the Post-Pandemic Plastic Pollution Problem
“Research initiatives must begin investigating and investing in treating our oceans and landscapes for the masks and tests polluting them, like they are viruses themselves.” ~ Connor Tomlinson
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•
Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Hover Around Pre-Pandemic Levels
“Weekly initial claims ticked up but remain at a very low level, suggesting the labor market remains tight. However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine dramatically increases uncertainty.” ~ Robert Hughes
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•
Ludwig von Mises’s Free Market Agenda for a Postwar Ukraine
“Ukrainians will have to not only rebuild their country but decide which ideology will be the foundation for their country’s future. The ideal one would be Ludwig von Mises’s proposed ideology of a ‘perfect free market economy.'” ~ Richard M. Ebeling