Daily Economy
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What Kohl’s “Phoenix” Moment Can Teach Us About the Market
By finding a way to make the life of consumers easier, Kohl’s managed to stay relevant while boosting its sales in the meantime. In this case, the firm learned that if you can’t beat them, you might as well join them. And by working on something new, something that has drawn in younger customers to…
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Single-Family Home Sales Fell in January
New single-family home sales fell 6.9 percent in January. Slowing sales and rising inventory are weighing on new construction, suggesting new-home construction is unlikely to contribute significantly to economic growth in coming quarters.
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Millennials Are a Trillion Dollars in Debt. Why Are They So Broke?
Young people were never as deep in debt as they are now, a new New York Federal Reserve report claims. And while there are plenty of factors that led to the current crisis, there are some underlying economic problems that have made this situation worse.
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Political Contests Are Between Competing Socialisms
The classical liberal must remake the moral case for individual liberty and the individual rights without which freedom cannot last in the long run – and remake the case for why the paternalism of socialism and the welfare state leaves us less human than we can or should want to be.
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Is Capitalism Worth Saving?
A clear-eyed comparison of the alternatives actually available to us reveal why all the world’s developed nations use some version of capitalism. The only people who advocate socialism are those who don’t know how it actually works.
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Abolish the Barber Board
If getting rid of the regulations would be of such unambiguous benefit to Arkansans, why doesn’t it happen swiftly?
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No One Ever Paid Those High Tax Rates
It’s a myth that the rich paid 90% or even 70%. Let’s take a closer look.
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Yes You Can Be Too Careful
Just because something is possible doesn’t mean it’s likely, though — or worth more than cursory attention.
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Against Political Gnosticism
Let us celebrate honesty in politics above all else, even when it preaches something brazenly wrong, such as is the case with the far left and the far right today. Sincerity and forthright telling of truth in the long run skew in the direction of freedom. It’s the Gnostics among us that confuse and confound…
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That Fake Poll on the Green New Deal
Given the way that they skewed their poll results toward the GND with biased and loaded questioning, it’s reasonable to ask whether their research output crossed the ethical line separating scholarship from politically motivated advocacy.
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What Kohl’s “Phoenix” Moment Can Teach Us About the Market
By finding a way to make the life of consumers easier, Kohl’s managed to stay relevant while boosting its sales in the meantime. In this case, the firm learned that if you can’t beat them, you might as well join them. And by working on something new, something that has drawn in younger customers to…
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Single-Family Home Sales Fell in January
New single-family home sales fell 6.9 percent in January. Slowing sales and rising inventory are weighing on new construction, suggesting new-home construction is unlikely to contribute significantly to economic growth in coming quarters.
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Millennials Are a Trillion Dollars in Debt. Why Are They So Broke?
Young people were never as deep in debt as they are now, a new New York Federal Reserve report claims. And while there are plenty of factors that led to the current crisis, there are some underlying economic problems that have made this situation worse.
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Political Contests Are Between Competing Socialisms
The classical liberal must remake the moral case for individual liberty and the individual rights without which freedom cannot last in the long run – and remake the case for why the paternalism of socialism and the welfare state leaves us less human than we can or should want to be.
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Is Capitalism Worth Saving?
A clear-eyed comparison of the alternatives actually available to us reveal why all the world’s developed nations use some version of capitalism. The only people who advocate socialism are those who don’t know how it actually works.
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•
Abolish the Barber Board
If getting rid of the regulations would be of such unambiguous benefit to Arkansans, why doesn’t it happen swiftly?
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•
No One Ever Paid Those High Tax Rates
It’s a myth that the rich paid 90% or even 70%. Let’s take a closer look.
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•
Yes You Can Be Too Careful
Just because something is possible doesn’t mean it’s likely, though — or worth more than cursory attention.
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•
Against Political Gnosticism
Let us celebrate honesty in politics above all else, even when it preaches something brazenly wrong, such as is the case with the far left and the far right today. Sincerity and forthright telling of truth in the long run skew in the direction of freedom. It’s the Gnostics among us that confuse and confound…
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•
That Fake Poll on the Green New Deal
Given the way that they skewed their poll results toward the GND with biased and loaded questioning, it’s reasonable to ask whether their research output crossed the ethical line separating scholarship from politically motivated advocacy.