Daily Economy
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Want To Be an Eyelash Technician? You Will Need a License for that.
Just as innovators shouldn’t have to ask the government for permission to bring new products to consumers, people who want to work and earn their livings by starting and running businesses shouldn’t have to ask the government for permission to do so.
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Beware the Candidate with a Plan
Without realizing it, and as brilliant as they may be, the candidates—like all of us—are still profoundly ignorant.
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In Money We Trust (Documentary by Steve Forbes)
The origin of money, the history of central banks, the operation and destruction of the gold standard, the rise of inflation and massive government debt, the disastrous bailouts of 2008 – it’s all covered in an outstanding hour-long documentary appearing on PBS stations called In Money We Trust.
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The Future of Public Goods
Non-excludability is really just a technological problem, because the ability to charge and withhold access is beyond our reach, at least at reasonable cost. But that’s changing, fast.
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Why Neo-liberalism Is Really Neo-socialism
When Professor Stiglitz says that his neo-socialism is the only alternative to the failed neo-liberalism of our time, he is merely saying: let me impose upon you the economic planning schemes that I consider the good, fair, and just ones for you, in place of those other command-economy coercers who want to take you down “wrong”…
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Tariffs and Labor Remain Major Issues According to Purchasing Managers
Reports from the Institute for Supply Management suggest continued economic expansion with elevated levels of concern over rising tariffs and shortages of labor.
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The Fairytale of Hegemonic Neoliberalism
Far from fighting to supplant a prevailing ideology for our age, “neoliberalism’s” critics appear to be battling a phantasm of their own imagining.
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President Trump’s Threatened Tariffs Would Wipe Out 2017 Tax Cuts
Should these threatened tariffs come to pass, it will be hard to argue that we have seen a more anti-business U.S. President, from either party, in recent memory.
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Auto Sales Rebound in May While Factory Orders Fell in April
Auto sales rose in May, and weekly data suggest consumer spending is solid. However, factory orders were weak in April. Currently, there is little hard data to suggest a recession is imminent. The outlook remains cautiously optimistic.
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The Real Issue in Tech Antitrust: Where’s the Harm?
No matter one’s opinions on antitrust and big business, arguing that the big tech companies’ primary impact on our economy and lives has been anything but positive and even revolutionary is difficult.
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Want To Be an Eyelash Technician? You Will Need a License for that.
Just as innovators shouldn’t have to ask the government for permission to bring new products to consumers, people who want to work and earn their livings by starting and running businesses shouldn’t have to ask the government for permission to do so.
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•
Beware the Candidate with a Plan
Without realizing it, and as brilliant as they may be, the candidates—like all of us—are still profoundly ignorant.
-
•
In Money We Trust (Documentary by Steve Forbes)
The origin of money, the history of central banks, the operation and destruction of the gold standard, the rise of inflation and massive government debt, the disastrous bailouts of 2008 – it’s all covered in an outstanding hour-long documentary appearing on PBS stations called In Money We Trust.
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•
The Future of Public Goods
Non-excludability is really just a technological problem, because the ability to charge and withhold access is beyond our reach, at least at reasonable cost. But that’s changing, fast.
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•
Why Neo-liberalism Is Really Neo-socialism
When Professor Stiglitz says that his neo-socialism is the only alternative to the failed neo-liberalism of our time, he is merely saying: let me impose upon you the economic planning schemes that I consider the good, fair, and just ones for you, in place of those other command-economy coercers who want to take you down “wrong”…
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•
Tariffs and Labor Remain Major Issues According to Purchasing Managers
Reports from the Institute for Supply Management suggest continued economic expansion with elevated levels of concern over rising tariffs and shortages of labor.
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•
The Fairytale of Hegemonic Neoliberalism
Far from fighting to supplant a prevailing ideology for our age, “neoliberalism’s” critics appear to be battling a phantasm of their own imagining.
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•
President Trump’s Threatened Tariffs Would Wipe Out 2017 Tax Cuts
Should these threatened tariffs come to pass, it will be hard to argue that we have seen a more anti-business U.S. President, from either party, in recent memory.
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•
Auto Sales Rebound in May While Factory Orders Fell in April
Auto sales rose in May, and weekly data suggest consumer spending is solid. However, factory orders were weak in April. Currently, there is little hard data to suggest a recession is imminent. The outlook remains cautiously optimistic.
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•
The Real Issue in Tech Antitrust: Where’s the Harm?
No matter one’s opinions on antitrust and big business, arguing that the big tech companies’ primary impact on our economy and lives has been anything but positive and even revolutionary is difficult.