Daily Economy
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Spain – Like Most European Countries – Is Choked by Labor Market Regulations
“In the dual labor market system many workers take on temporary contracts that are consistently prone to economic shocks and downturns. Freeing up the labor market would reduce the gap between temporary and permanent work.” ~ Michael N. Peterson
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Efficiency Means More than Using the Existing Stock of Resources Well
“In an open market economy, the stock of resources will never be fixed. The size and contents of that stock will change over time and that change is appropriately reckoned to be a result of the economic system.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Mandate This!
“Negative externalities suffuse our social existence but rarely rise to a level that mandates a mandate, especially in a society that purports to celebrate diversity, which is to say heterogeneous subjective judgments of right and wrong.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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Reading: Feeding the Mind and Soul
“DiYanni’s subtitle says it all: ‘A Practical Guide to Reading Well.’ He doesn’t intend these chapters to substitute for great literature itself. DiYanni means, rather, to steer readers in constructive directions.” ~ Allen Mendenhall
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Trudeau’s Tactics Are Coming to America: Learn Crypto Custody
“Whether you are a donor or a recipient, make sure to learn how to be a custodian of your cryptocurrency. Learning about crypto will help keep the lights blinking in America. After all, the Biden Administration has already made threats.” ~ Max Borders
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Liberals’ Love Affair with Leviathan
“The fact that top CIA and FBI officials made false allegations against the Trump presidential campaign was irrelevant as long as the resulting investigations undercut the most hated president since Richard Nixon.” ~ James Bovard
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Uncivil Cause or Effect?
“If I felt violations of my constitutional rights were being proposed or imposed, those violations of ‘the highest law of the land,’ not the civility with which I object, are the core of the problem.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Hayek’s Ghost Haunts the Hills of Afghanistan
“Unless Hayek’s insights on the futility of central planning fueled by constructivist rationalist obsessions with remaking the world are taken to heart, such costly mistakes will continue to happen.” ~ Zachary Yost
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P.J. O’Rourke Taught Me How ‘Unfairly’ Great American Life Is
“In a world of nearly 8 billion people, many of whom have never even flipped on a light, my daughter was born American. So was I. It wasn’t O’Rourke’s most memorable or even funny quip, but the view here is that it was easily his most important.” ~ John Tamny
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Consumer Confidence Weakened Slightly in February
“Consumer expectations weakened again in February, pulling down overall consumer confidence. Continued expansion remains the likely course, but weaker consumer attitudes could become a headwind.” ~ Robert Hughes
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Spain – Like Most European Countries – Is Choked by Labor Market Regulations
“In the dual labor market system many workers take on temporary contracts that are consistently prone to economic shocks and downturns. Freeing up the labor market would reduce the gap between temporary and permanent work.” ~ Michael N. Peterson
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Efficiency Means More than Using the Existing Stock of Resources Well
“In an open market economy, the stock of resources will never be fixed. The size and contents of that stock will change over time and that change is appropriately reckoned to be a result of the economic system.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux
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Mandate This!
“Negative externalities suffuse our social existence but rarely rise to a level that mandates a mandate, especially in a society that purports to celebrate diversity, which is to say heterogeneous subjective judgments of right and wrong.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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Reading: Feeding the Mind and Soul
“DiYanni’s subtitle says it all: ‘A Practical Guide to Reading Well.’ He doesn’t intend these chapters to substitute for great literature itself. DiYanni means, rather, to steer readers in constructive directions.” ~ Allen Mendenhall
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Trudeau’s Tactics Are Coming to America: Learn Crypto Custody
“Whether you are a donor or a recipient, make sure to learn how to be a custodian of your cryptocurrency. Learning about crypto will help keep the lights blinking in America. After all, the Biden Administration has already made threats.” ~ Max Borders
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Liberals’ Love Affair with Leviathan
“The fact that top CIA and FBI officials made false allegations against the Trump presidential campaign was irrelevant as long as the resulting investigations undercut the most hated president since Richard Nixon.” ~ James Bovard
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Uncivil Cause or Effect?
“If I felt violations of my constitutional rights were being proposed or imposed, those violations of ‘the highest law of the land,’ not the civility with which I object, are the core of the problem.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Hayek’s Ghost Haunts the Hills of Afghanistan
“Unless Hayek’s insights on the futility of central planning fueled by constructivist rationalist obsessions with remaking the world are taken to heart, such costly mistakes will continue to happen.” ~ Zachary Yost
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P.J. O’Rourke Taught Me How ‘Unfairly’ Great American Life Is
“In a world of nearly 8 billion people, many of whom have never even flipped on a light, my daughter was born American. So was I. It wasn’t O’Rourke’s most memorable or even funny quip, but the view here is that it was easily his most important.” ~ John Tamny
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Consumer Confidence Weakened Slightly in February
“Consumer expectations weakened again in February, pulling down overall consumer confidence. Continued expansion remains the likely course, but weaker consumer attitudes could become a headwind.” ~ Robert Hughes