Daily Economy
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All Music Is Derivative, Gloriously So
Entrepreneurs from around the world (including China) want to “steal” or imitate the clever doings of creative minds in the U.S because the U.S. is the most prosperous and creative nation in the world. Pundits view this as a threat, think we should empower the federal government to penalize the theft, but the much bigger…
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The Fed Reverses Course (Video with Edward Stringham)
The Federal Reserve is preparing to cut interest rates for the first time in a decade because it sees a cooling global economy and no sign of overheating in the jobs market at home. AIER President Edward Stringham joins Bloomberg to give his insight.
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How to Think About International Relations
There should be as much contact and trade as possible between people and no more formal contact between governments than necessary.
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Competition Among Cryptocurrencies Is Likely Here to Stay
The idea of inevitability does not mix well with the logic of markets. We need markets and competition precisely because as human beings we have nowhere near the information or capacity necessary to make deterministic statements about the future.
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Reasons to Oppose a Tax on Trading
Trading is the very soul of the market economy. Taxing it is a sure path to killing that soul.
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Small-Business Confidence Holding at a High Level
Small-business confidence and job openings eased back but remain at high levels. Both are positive signs for the economy despite the high level of uncertainty caused by erratic and uncertain policy.
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Why I am Not a Socialist
Empirically, the socialist record is one of dismal and at times murderous failure. Why, then, do intellectuals, scholars, and commentators continue in their romantic attachment to it?
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Dear Taylor Swift: The Trouble with Copyright Is Deeper Than You Know
Instead of worrying about the rights over her songs falling into the wrong hands, she should understand that unleashing her work from the tight grasp of IP’s claws would benefit her, as it would set her apart from other artists, and benefit all humankind, as others would be able to improve on what she’s done.
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The Workings of the Gold Standard
Interventionist monetary policies, intending to lower interest rates to boost the economy or increase employment, are circumscribed.
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Progressive Promises and the Cost To Liberty
Keep in mind what “progressive” means in this political context: an increase in the size, scope, and cost of government in American society.
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All Music Is Derivative, Gloriously So
Entrepreneurs from around the world (including China) want to “steal” or imitate the clever doings of creative minds in the U.S because the U.S. is the most prosperous and creative nation in the world. Pundits view this as a threat, think we should empower the federal government to penalize the theft, but the much bigger…
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The Fed Reverses Course (Video with Edward Stringham)
The Federal Reserve is preparing to cut interest rates for the first time in a decade because it sees a cooling global economy and no sign of overheating in the jobs market at home. AIER President Edward Stringham joins Bloomberg to give his insight.
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•
How to Think About International Relations
There should be as much contact and trade as possible between people and no more formal contact between governments than necessary.
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•
Competition Among Cryptocurrencies Is Likely Here to Stay
The idea of inevitability does not mix well with the logic of markets. We need markets and competition precisely because as human beings we have nowhere near the information or capacity necessary to make deterministic statements about the future.
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•
Reasons to Oppose a Tax on Trading
Trading is the very soul of the market economy. Taxing it is a sure path to killing that soul.
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•
Small-Business Confidence Holding at a High Level
Small-business confidence and job openings eased back but remain at high levels. Both are positive signs for the economy despite the high level of uncertainty caused by erratic and uncertain policy.
-
•
Why I am Not a Socialist
Empirically, the socialist record is one of dismal and at times murderous failure. Why, then, do intellectuals, scholars, and commentators continue in their romantic attachment to it?
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•
Dear Taylor Swift: The Trouble with Copyright Is Deeper Than You Know
Instead of worrying about the rights over her songs falling into the wrong hands, she should understand that unleashing her work from the tight grasp of IP’s claws would benefit her, as it would set her apart from other artists, and benefit all humankind, as others would be able to improve on what she’s done.
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•
The Workings of the Gold Standard
Interventionist monetary policies, intending to lower interest rates to boost the economy or increase employment, are circumscribed.
-
•
Progressive Promises and the Cost To Liberty
Keep in mind what “progressive” means in this political context: an increase in the size, scope, and cost of government in American society.