Daily Economy
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Max Weber on Politics as a Vocation
Politicians are all about how much they want to “give back” and to do for us. They portray themselves as ethical eunuchs, living just for the betterment of the rest of us.
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Questions for Immigration Skeptics
Restricting peaceful immigration reduces the freedom of Americans.
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Judy Garland: The Brilliance and Tragedy of Fame
This film reveals both Judy Garland’s genius and her catastrophic life to the whole world in ways that make us frustrated but ultimately grateful for her personal sacrifice for the sake of art, culture, and the well-being of humanity. As her signature song says, it’s the journey that matters more than the destination.
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How Salesmen Improve Our World
The salesman is the empathetic agent of change that helps us overcome our psychological reticence to part with our property in order to gain something that will genuinely improve our subjective well-being.
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Are Economists Basically Immoral?
Heyne’s message to ethicists and religious leaders is that their pronouncements on economic policy necessarily have to take economic theory and evidence seriously.
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The Reprise of the Personal State
The best idea of modernity was neither the personal nor nation state but the idea of human freedom, the conviction that societies and economies thrive most when left alone by bureaucracies and dictators.
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Stringham on Everything: Libra, Syria, Markets, and Shaq (Video)
Edward Stringham joins a panel hosted by Neal Cavuto to talk about all the important political and economic events of the day. The show “Coast to Coast” runs on Fox Business.
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Consumer Sentiment Continued to Recover in October
Consumer sentiment improved in October, maintaining a generally high level by historical comparison. However, negative headlines about on going trade wars and risks to the economy have caused volatility recently.
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Drain the Swamp but Spread the Stench
If we must continue to suffer the existence of a large administrative state, it would only be “democratic” to ensure that every American has a chance to serve in it.
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Actually, the Gilded Age Was Awesome for Equality
The invocation of the Gilded Age like a cheap political talking point is bad economics and bad economic history.
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Max Weber on Politics as a Vocation
Politicians are all about how much they want to “give back” and to do for us. They portray themselves as ethical eunuchs, living just for the betterment of the rest of us.
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Questions for Immigration Skeptics
Restricting peaceful immigration reduces the freedom of Americans.
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•
Judy Garland: The Brilliance and Tragedy of Fame
This film reveals both Judy Garland’s genius and her catastrophic life to the whole world in ways that make us frustrated but ultimately grateful for her personal sacrifice for the sake of art, culture, and the well-being of humanity. As her signature song says, it’s the journey that matters more than the destination.
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How Salesmen Improve Our World
The salesman is the empathetic agent of change that helps us overcome our psychological reticence to part with our property in order to gain something that will genuinely improve our subjective well-being.
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•
Are Economists Basically Immoral?
Heyne’s message to ethicists and religious leaders is that their pronouncements on economic policy necessarily have to take economic theory and evidence seriously.
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•
The Reprise of the Personal State
The best idea of modernity was neither the personal nor nation state but the idea of human freedom, the conviction that societies and economies thrive most when left alone by bureaucracies and dictators.
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•
Stringham on Everything: Libra, Syria, Markets, and Shaq (Video)
Edward Stringham joins a panel hosted by Neal Cavuto to talk about all the important political and economic events of the day. The show “Coast to Coast” runs on Fox Business.
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•
Consumer Sentiment Continued to Recover in October
Consumer sentiment improved in October, maintaining a generally high level by historical comparison. However, negative headlines about on going trade wars and risks to the economy have caused volatility recently.
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•
Drain the Swamp but Spread the Stench
If we must continue to suffer the existence of a large administrative state, it would only be “democratic” to ensure that every American has a chance to serve in it.
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•
Actually, the Gilded Age Was Awesome for Equality
The invocation of the Gilded Age like a cheap political talking point is bad economics and bad economic history.