Daily Economy
-
•
Single-Family Housing Activity Shows Some Life
Home sales have rebound in recent months. However, there is little evidence to support an expectation for a significant acceleration in housing activity in the coming months and quarters.
-
•
Unangelic Knaves and Projective Paternalists
Many people readily impose their own preferences on others without hesitation or compunction, even when they can communicate freely with the party being imposed upon.
-
•
How to Claim a Paid-Leave Victory That Isn’t
In the debate over creating a new federal paid-leave program, conservatives think they have found the ultimate free lunch.
-
•
How Police Often Make Roads Unsafe
The core issue is twofold: public ownership of the roads and no stockholders/owners in charge of security services who are answerable to consumers. The result is exactly what you get from socialism: random chaos, coercion, and lack of accountability.
-
•
No Economic System is Perfect
No matter the ideology, anyone who seeks perfection in a philosophy summed up by one or two words will fall far short of that ideal.
-
•
There Is No Faith Without Volition
The core of all three major religions is on individual faith, independently arrived at conclusions arrived at through persuasion, and the voluntary pursuit of worship. This is something to be celebrated, along with Passover, Easter, Bara’a Night, or whatever you have voluntarily decide to believe is holy.
-
•
Capitalism Is Cleaning the World Every Single Day
The simple innovation of designing and installing doorless entry-exit ways for public restrooms is one small but real way in which innovative capitalism has made our exposure to pollution less than it was just a few decades ago.
-
•
The Decisive Voice
Yours may well be the decisive voice — the final increment of weight that shifts the balance and brings our ship of state, indeed our civilization, to survival course.
-
•
The Radicalization of Modern Tech Criticism
Today’s neo-Luddite tech critics suggest that we should just be content with the tools of the past and slow down the pace of technological innovation to supposedly save us from any number of dystopian futures they predict. If they succeed, it will leave us in a true dystopia.
-
•
Crony Capitalism Threatens Airbnb in South Africa
When more competitors enter the market, it simply gives consumers more options. That doesn’t necessarily mean that established firms will disappear; it only means that they will have to adapt to meet customers’ demands so they can better compete with the newcomers.
-
•
Single-Family Housing Activity Shows Some Life
Home sales have rebound in recent months. However, there is little evidence to support an expectation for a significant acceleration in housing activity in the coming months and quarters.
-
•
Unangelic Knaves and Projective Paternalists
Many people readily impose their own preferences on others without hesitation or compunction, even when they can communicate freely with the party being imposed upon.
-
•
How to Claim a Paid-Leave Victory That Isn’t
In the debate over creating a new federal paid-leave program, conservatives think they have found the ultimate free lunch.
-
•
How Police Often Make Roads Unsafe
The core issue is twofold: public ownership of the roads and no stockholders/owners in charge of security services who are answerable to consumers. The result is exactly what you get from socialism: random chaos, coercion, and lack of accountability.
-
•
No Economic System is Perfect
No matter the ideology, anyone who seeks perfection in a philosophy summed up by one or two words will fall far short of that ideal.
-
•
There Is No Faith Without Volition
The core of all three major religions is on individual faith, independently arrived at conclusions arrived at through persuasion, and the voluntary pursuit of worship. This is something to be celebrated, along with Passover, Easter, Bara’a Night, or whatever you have voluntarily decide to believe is holy.
-
•
Capitalism Is Cleaning the World Every Single Day
The simple innovation of designing and installing doorless entry-exit ways for public restrooms is one small but real way in which innovative capitalism has made our exposure to pollution less than it was just a few decades ago.
-
•
The Decisive Voice
Yours may well be the decisive voice — the final increment of weight that shifts the balance and brings our ship of state, indeed our civilization, to survival course.
-
•
The Radicalization of Modern Tech Criticism
Today’s neo-Luddite tech critics suggest that we should just be content with the tools of the past and slow down the pace of technological innovation to supposedly save us from any number of dystopian futures they predict. If they succeed, it will leave us in a true dystopia.
-
•
Crony Capitalism Threatens Airbnb in South Africa
When more competitors enter the market, it simply gives consumers more options. That doesn’t necessarily mean that established firms will disappear; it only means that they will have to adapt to meet customers’ demands so they can better compete with the newcomers.