Daily Economy
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What Does “Voluntary” Actually Mean?
If you shut down sweatshops because you think people shouldn’t have to work in such bad conditions, are you really helping the poor folks who work there?
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What Rightward Shift in Higher Ed?
A new Urban Institute report claims that conservative philanthropy has shifted higher education to the right in the past 50 years. The empirical evidence says otherwise.
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The Libra Is More Significant than You Think
The Libra has the potential to mark the start of something because if widely used, it will open the eyes of the global population to a truth about money: it works best when its value is stable, plus it needn’t be a government creation.
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Protectionists in Plunderland and Wonderland
The Wonderland of sincere protectionists is truly a crackpot unreality.
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Austrian Economics on the 45th Anniversary of Its Rebirth
This June marks the 45th anniversary of the revival of the Austrian School of Economics. During the week of June 15-22, 1974, the Institute for Humane Studies brought together about 50 people in South Royalton, Vermont to listen to a series of lectures by three of the leading figures of the, then, existing remnant of…
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The Statistical Errors of the Reparations Agenda
There is a great moral gravity to discussions of slavery. Academics owe the public an honest, accurate, and scientific assessment of slavery’s history, including its economic dimensions. Unfortunately, a key statistic being used in the reparations debate fails that test.
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Tax-Extender Follies
Every year or so, Congress reauthorizes a package of expiring tax provisions commonly known as “tax extenders.” Usually, these extenders grant some economic privilege tailored to some particular group or business interest.
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The Bad Theory Behind Overtime Rules
With its mechanical understanding of the process of wealth generation, the Department of Labor wildly exaggerates the role of labor hours in discerning, determining, and measuring economic value.
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Central Banks Contribute to Inequality
Under a loose-money regime, the powerful get the new money first.
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The Urge to Do Something
There is a problem in public affairs. If there is a state, with the capacity to do good, the temptation to do something is irresistible.
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What Does “Voluntary” Actually Mean?
If you shut down sweatshops because you think people shouldn’t have to work in such bad conditions, are you really helping the poor folks who work there?
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•
What Rightward Shift in Higher Ed?
A new Urban Institute report claims that conservative philanthropy has shifted higher education to the right in the past 50 years. The empirical evidence says otherwise.
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The Libra Is More Significant than You Think
The Libra has the potential to mark the start of something because if widely used, it will open the eyes of the global population to a truth about money: it works best when its value is stable, plus it needn’t be a government creation.
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Protectionists in Plunderland and Wonderland
The Wonderland of sincere protectionists is truly a crackpot unreality.
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Austrian Economics on the 45th Anniversary of Its Rebirth
This June marks the 45th anniversary of the revival of the Austrian School of Economics. During the week of June 15-22, 1974, the Institute for Humane Studies brought together about 50 people in South Royalton, Vermont to listen to a series of lectures by three of the leading figures of the, then, existing remnant of…
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The Statistical Errors of the Reparations Agenda
There is a great moral gravity to discussions of slavery. Academics owe the public an honest, accurate, and scientific assessment of slavery’s history, including its economic dimensions. Unfortunately, a key statistic being used in the reparations debate fails that test.
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•
Tax-Extender Follies
Every year or so, Congress reauthorizes a package of expiring tax provisions commonly known as “tax extenders.” Usually, these extenders grant some economic privilege tailored to some particular group or business interest.
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•
The Bad Theory Behind Overtime Rules
With its mechanical understanding of the process of wealth generation, the Department of Labor wildly exaggerates the role of labor hours in discerning, determining, and measuring economic value.
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•
Central Banks Contribute to Inequality
Under a loose-money regime, the powerful get the new money first.
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•
The Urge to Do Something
There is a problem in public affairs. If there is a state, with the capacity to do good, the temptation to do something is irresistible.