Daily Economy
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A Job Is Not Alienating; It Is Empowering
Beware: every theory that posits that your job is alienating is a ruse to draft you into a new form of collective identity in which you will have fewer choices.
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Which Doctors Get Paid the Most?
The U.S. has fewer med school spots per capita than almost any other developed country.
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The Many Threats to the Liberal Project
My students in Prague (or in Fairfax) do not appreciate enough how the right-wing populist assault on markets is as (if not more) dangerous to the Liberal Project as those from the left.
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Want to End Book-Selling Scams? Stop Relying on Copyrights
Outdated intellectual property (IP) laws severely restrict the production of books and material that should be easily accessible to the public.
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An Answer to That Viral Equality Meme
Free market capitalism naturally seeks ways to be inclusive by trying to attract a wider consumer base.
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There’s a Growing Number of College Graduates Owing Nearly Half a Million Dollars
As politicians continue to promise privileges in exchange for votes, by telling Americans they have a “right” to education, we forget to see this problem for what it is: the result of a lack of personal responsibility.
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Labor-Market Strength Continues
Initial claims near 200,000 and private job openings near 7 million suggest the labor market remains tight, supporting personal incomes, consumer confidence, and future consumer spending.
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“Do Something” Is a Dangerous Demand to Make of Politicians
If we really want the political class to do something, my humble suggestion that they stop fomenting tribal wars that fuel hatreds and instead point out the great lesson of modernity that people in all their diversity can work together in peace.
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Is There a Science of Progress?
Even if it proves to be an inexact science, the effort is worth undertaking.
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Fed Intervention in Real Time Payments Is Pointless and Maybe Destructive
the Fed should stay in its lane and stop trying to re-invent what banks are already doing.
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A Job Is Not Alienating; It Is Empowering
Beware: every theory that posits that your job is alienating is a ruse to draft you into a new form of collective identity in which you will have fewer choices.
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•
Which Doctors Get Paid the Most?
The U.S. has fewer med school spots per capita than almost any other developed country.
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•
The Many Threats to the Liberal Project
My students in Prague (or in Fairfax) do not appreciate enough how the right-wing populist assault on markets is as (if not more) dangerous to the Liberal Project as those from the left.
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•
Want to End Book-Selling Scams? Stop Relying on Copyrights
Outdated intellectual property (IP) laws severely restrict the production of books and material that should be easily accessible to the public.
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•
An Answer to That Viral Equality Meme
Free market capitalism naturally seeks ways to be inclusive by trying to attract a wider consumer base.
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•
There’s a Growing Number of College Graduates Owing Nearly Half a Million Dollars
As politicians continue to promise privileges in exchange for votes, by telling Americans they have a “right” to education, we forget to see this problem for what it is: the result of a lack of personal responsibility.
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•
Labor-Market Strength Continues
Initial claims near 200,000 and private job openings near 7 million suggest the labor market remains tight, supporting personal incomes, consumer confidence, and future consumer spending.
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•
“Do Something” Is a Dangerous Demand to Make of Politicians
If we really want the political class to do something, my humble suggestion that they stop fomenting tribal wars that fuel hatreds and instead point out the great lesson of modernity that people in all their diversity can work together in peace.
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•
Is There a Science of Progress?
Even if it proves to be an inexact science, the effort is worth undertaking.
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•
Fed Intervention in Real Time Payments Is Pointless and Maybe Destructive
the Fed should stay in its lane and stop trying to re-invent what banks are already doing.