Daily Economy
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Sweet Supply and Bitter Scarcity: Why Your Valentine’s Chocolates Cost More This Year
From West African cocoa policy to weather shocks and trade barriers, the price of Kisses and truffles is shaped by a whole world before it hits your supermarket shelf.
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Sports Betting and the Zero-Sum Trap: How Gambling Drains Wallets
Economic reasoning explains why sports gambling reliably makes the average bettor poorer. Point-shaving scandals and information asymmetries reveal why the odds are stacked against participants.
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What Zimbabwe Can Learn From Chile: A Tale of Two Data Series
Economic freedom, like freedom in general, is inherently fragile. National institutions and attitudes can shift the ground quickly.
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To Save Social Security, Stop Subsidizing Wealthy Retirees
The program was meant to prevent old-age poverty. To achieve that, the fortunate will have to give up what (they were told) was theirs to keep.
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What Makes a Good Federal Reserve Chair? It Depends on Independence
When political pressure threatens independence, the chair’s character matters more than technical competence.
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Mississippi’s Literacy Miracle: How Holding Students Back Moved a Whole State Forward
Despite its persistent poverty, Mississippi dramatically improved literacy outcomes — offering a case study in high-impact, low-cost reform.
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How Rome’s Middle Class Lived — and What Happened When It Fell
Archaeology is now revealing the grit and hustle of the Roman middle class, reminding us that civilizations depend not on elites, but on the conditions that allow ordinary people to thrive.
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Immigration Arrest Quotas Undermine ICE’s Mission
Numerical targets predictably distort enforcement priorities, ignoring local knowledge, undermining both public safety and economic stability.
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Liberty Eroding, Gold Rising: 30 Years of Warning
The dollar’s lost half its value and the price of gold exploded since our author first warned that politicians are ruining our purchasing power.
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Census Migration Data Show the Value of Freedom
Americans prefer to live where they can keep what they earn and be left alone — even if the freebies are better elsewhere.
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Sweet Supply and Bitter Scarcity: Why Your Valentine’s Chocolates Cost More This Year
From West African cocoa policy to weather shocks and trade barriers, the price of Kisses and truffles is shaped by a whole world before it hits your supermarket shelf.
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•
Sports Betting and the Zero-Sum Trap: How Gambling Drains Wallets
Economic reasoning explains why sports gambling reliably makes the average bettor poorer. Point-shaving scandals and information asymmetries reveal why the odds are stacked against participants.
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What Zimbabwe Can Learn From Chile: A Tale of Two Data Series
Economic freedom, like freedom in general, is inherently fragile. National institutions and attitudes can shift the ground quickly.
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•
To Save Social Security, Stop Subsidizing Wealthy Retirees
The program was meant to prevent old-age poverty. To achieve that, the fortunate will have to give up what (they were told) was theirs to keep.
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•
What Makes a Good Federal Reserve Chair? It Depends on Independence
When political pressure threatens independence, the chair’s character matters more than technical competence.
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•
Mississippi’s Literacy Miracle: How Holding Students Back Moved a Whole State Forward
Despite its persistent poverty, Mississippi dramatically improved literacy outcomes — offering a case study in high-impact, low-cost reform.
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•
How Rome’s Middle Class Lived — and What Happened When It Fell
Archaeology is now revealing the grit and hustle of the Roman middle class, reminding us that civilizations depend not on elites, but on the conditions that allow ordinary people to thrive.
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•
Immigration Arrest Quotas Undermine ICE’s Mission
Numerical targets predictably distort enforcement priorities, ignoring local knowledge, undermining both public safety and economic stability.
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•
Liberty Eroding, Gold Rising: 30 Years of Warning
The dollar’s lost half its value and the price of gold exploded since our author first warned that politicians are ruining our purchasing power.
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•
Census Migration Data Show the Value of Freedom
Americans prefer to live where they can keep what they earn and be left alone — even if the freebies are better elsewhere.