Daily Economy
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The Economics of Music in the Middle Ages
The invention of musical notation in the 11th century made the composition and performance of multi-part music more viable. The construction of large performance venues in cathedrals introduced new possibilities of complex harmonies due to the reverberating soundscape. This further gave rise to music composition as a profession.
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Readings on the Fed and Monetary Policy
Out of all the areas of economics, monetary policy and its impact on the macroeconomy might be the one that receives the most attention among non-economists.
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Congress Seeks To Boost the Minimum Wage and Teen Joblessness
What right have any politicians to intervene in voluntary wage bargains?
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Wage Floors Are Making My Son a Delinquent
My posterity, my son, does not feel blessed by the laws of New Jersey that prevent him from exercising his liberty by finding employment of mutual benefit to himself and his employer.
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Don’t Feel Bad About Using the Self Checkout
You’re not spreading prosperity when you choose the labor-intensive option just because it’s labor intensive. You’re actually wasting resources.
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When Government Fails, Communities Take Care of Themselves
In the early- and mid-20th century, systemic racism often meant that African American communities were excluded from government welfare programs. In the face of this injustice, we see numerous examples of communities stepping up to take care of each other when government officials turned the other way.
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The Past Is a Nice Place to Visit. You Wouldn’t Want to Live There.
Should we study and learn from the past? Of course we should. Should we yearn for the past, seek to return there, and perhaps undo the progress of the last several centuries? Of course we shouldn’t.
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Simon Newcomb and the Let-Alone Principle
Simon Newcomb’s conclusions, after a century and a half more of failed government interferences of almost every imaginable form and type, stand as even more reasonable than when he penned them: those in government should simply leave people alone.
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Democrats Want to “Fix” Student-Loan Crisis by Exacerbating It
With more student forgiveness and “free college” policies in-store, presidential candidates are sure to make a government-created mess a catastrophe.
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How a Leftist Echo Chamber Became the New Norm on Campus
A new study of student attitudes about socialism and capitalism provides strong confirmation of the echo chamber effect taking hold in the humanities.
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The Economics of Music in the Middle Ages
The invention of musical notation in the 11th century made the composition and performance of multi-part music more viable. The construction of large performance venues in cathedrals introduced new possibilities of complex harmonies due to the reverberating soundscape. This further gave rise to music composition as a profession.
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Readings on the Fed and Monetary Policy
Out of all the areas of economics, monetary policy and its impact on the macroeconomy might be the one that receives the most attention among non-economists.
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•
Congress Seeks To Boost the Minimum Wage and Teen Joblessness
What right have any politicians to intervene in voluntary wage bargains?
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•
Wage Floors Are Making My Son a Delinquent
My posterity, my son, does not feel blessed by the laws of New Jersey that prevent him from exercising his liberty by finding employment of mutual benefit to himself and his employer.
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•
Don’t Feel Bad About Using the Self Checkout
You’re not spreading prosperity when you choose the labor-intensive option just because it’s labor intensive. You’re actually wasting resources.
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•
When Government Fails, Communities Take Care of Themselves
In the early- and mid-20th century, systemic racism often meant that African American communities were excluded from government welfare programs. In the face of this injustice, we see numerous examples of communities stepping up to take care of each other when government officials turned the other way.
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•
The Past Is a Nice Place to Visit. You Wouldn’t Want to Live There.
Should we study and learn from the past? Of course we should. Should we yearn for the past, seek to return there, and perhaps undo the progress of the last several centuries? Of course we shouldn’t.
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•
Simon Newcomb and the Let-Alone Principle
Simon Newcomb’s conclusions, after a century and a half more of failed government interferences of almost every imaginable form and type, stand as even more reasonable than when he penned them: those in government should simply leave people alone.
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•
Democrats Want to “Fix” Student-Loan Crisis by Exacerbating It
With more student forgiveness and “free college” policies in-store, presidential candidates are sure to make a government-created mess a catastrophe.
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•
How a Leftist Echo Chamber Became the New Norm on Campus
A new study of student attitudes about socialism and capitalism provides strong confirmation of the echo chamber effect taking hold in the humanities.