Daily Economy
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Adam Smith Mends a Broken Heart
“In modern medicine, the enormous size of the cooperation horizon fosters specialization by professionals such as Dr. F and Nurse A. that would be unimaginable in a world without division of labor.” ~ Michael Munger
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Return to Normal Driven by Politics, Not “The Science”
“While a return to normal is welcome, if the driving force behind it is political polling and stakes for reelection, we should all pause and reflect on whether these people should be making such monumental decisions about our lives.” ~ David Waugh
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Newsweek Discovers Black Conservatives
“Conservatives honor their heritage, but when they look in the mirror they see a person, not a black person or a white person. But how does this work when you’re the only black person in a group?” ~ Clifford F. Thies
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Critique of “What Economics Can Tell Us About Mandating Vaccines”
“The CDC and our public health agencies have now spent the better part of two years orchestrating a campaign of fear and paranoia that ignores the known properties of this disease.” ~ Robert Stewart
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Affirmative Action – Help or Hindrance for the Underrepresented?
“Scientists should carefully examine the evidence before announcing their conclusions. If you examine the evidence concerning racial preferences, you have to question whether they don’t do far more harm than good.” ~ George Leef
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Solar Tariffs Are a Mistake
“Tariff extensions burden the US solar market with slowed growth and exemplify yet another case against outdated trade policies. In the words of Gabriella Beaumont-Smith, the US should ‘let the sun set on solar tariffs.'” ~ Dorothy Chan
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Private Payrolls Post Another Strong Gain, Adding 654,000 Jobs in February
“Payrolls growth was strong again in February. While these results support a positive outlook for growth, geopolitical turmoil surrounding the Russian invasion of Ukraine has spurred a new wave of risks and potential disruptions to the global economy.” ~ Robert Hughes
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On Human Responsibility
“We are indeed smart and reasonable, but typically only when we each personally experience, in unambiguous ways, a significant portion of the material costs and benefits of each of our choices.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Who Owns Our Bodies?
“The very suggestion that medical interventions ought to be understood as a question of property is a call for a new kind of civilization where rather than equal citizens, all people are merely property waiting to be expropriated.” ~ Chris Bateman
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Uncomplicating a Complicated World: The Shining Legacy of Walter E. Williams
“Walter Williams was vastly instrumental in showing us that the best solutions to the racial problems that bedevil us don’t come from the government who all too often caused a problem in the first place.” ~ Tarnell Brown
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Adam Smith Mends a Broken Heart
“In modern medicine, the enormous size of the cooperation horizon fosters specialization by professionals such as Dr. F and Nurse A. that would be unimaginable in a world without division of labor.” ~ Michael Munger
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Return to Normal Driven by Politics, Not “The Science”
“While a return to normal is welcome, if the driving force behind it is political polling and stakes for reelection, we should all pause and reflect on whether these people should be making such monumental decisions about our lives.” ~ David Waugh
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Newsweek Discovers Black Conservatives
“Conservatives honor their heritage, but when they look in the mirror they see a person, not a black person or a white person. But how does this work when you’re the only black person in a group?” ~ Clifford F. Thies
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Critique of “What Economics Can Tell Us About Mandating Vaccines”
“The CDC and our public health agencies have now spent the better part of two years orchestrating a campaign of fear and paranoia that ignores the known properties of this disease.” ~ Robert Stewart
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Affirmative Action – Help or Hindrance for the Underrepresented?
“Scientists should carefully examine the evidence before announcing their conclusions. If you examine the evidence concerning racial preferences, you have to question whether they don’t do far more harm than good.” ~ George Leef
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Solar Tariffs Are a Mistake
“Tariff extensions burden the US solar market with slowed growth and exemplify yet another case against outdated trade policies. In the words of Gabriella Beaumont-Smith, the US should ‘let the sun set on solar tariffs.'” ~ Dorothy Chan
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Private Payrolls Post Another Strong Gain, Adding 654,000 Jobs in February
“Payrolls growth was strong again in February. While these results support a positive outlook for growth, geopolitical turmoil surrounding the Russian invasion of Ukraine has spurred a new wave of risks and potential disruptions to the global economy.” ~ Robert Hughes
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On Human Responsibility
“We are indeed smart and reasonable, but typically only when we each personally experience, in unambiguous ways, a significant portion of the material costs and benefits of each of our choices.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Who Owns Our Bodies?
“The very suggestion that medical interventions ought to be understood as a question of property is a call for a new kind of civilization where rather than equal citizens, all people are merely property waiting to be expropriated.” ~ Chris Bateman
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Uncomplicating a Complicated World: The Shining Legacy of Walter E. Williams
“Walter Williams was vastly instrumental in showing us that the best solutions to the racial problems that bedevil us don’t come from the government who all too often caused a problem in the first place.” ~ Tarnell Brown