Daily Economy
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Broad Weakness in Retail Sales in December
Retail sales fell sharply in December, the third decline in the last five months. Broadening weakness in the economy suggests caution is warranted.
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Anti-Socialism Isn’t (Necessarily) Pro-Capitalism
Anti-socialism without a coherent alternative tends to degenerate into a contradictory, idiosyncratic, and logically incoherent case for some unstable, impure mixture of the two systems.
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Liberty and the Search for Meaning
What is the strongest objection to the idea of liberty, markets, and a self-managing society? We’ve been subjected to vast numbers of them recently. Which is most compelling?
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How the Word Liberalism Came to Mean Its Opposite
The classical liberalism of the 19th century needs to be the reborn new liberalism of the 21st century, to once more offer an ideal of individual freedom, free enterprise, impartial rule of law, and equality before the law.
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Uber Eats Set to Beat GrubHub, but Will Washington Let It?
And as Uber Eats becomes one of the strongest players in the industry, despite its origin as a ride-sharing app, it’s become even clearer that when there’s a need, the market will find a way to make it possible. And it’s the customer who benefits as a result.
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The Anatomy of a Moral Panic
The notion of a moral panic is a powerful one that explains much of what goes on in popular mass media, public discussion, and, all too often, actual policy. It is a valuable intellectual tool to use to protect yourself against unwarranted and dangerous anxiety and being taken advantage of by deluded or unscrupulous hucksters.
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Actually, Econ 101 Is Incredibly Important
The true danger is not knowledge of “only” Econ 101. The true danger is ignorance even of Econ 101.
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Consumers Can’t Wait for Amazon to Get Into Cryptocurrency, Legal Weed
The site learned that of the 1,013 Amazon users it polled, 36.7 percent said they would be comfortable purchasing Amazon-branded prescription drugs while 16 percent said they would use a virtual doctor-visit service from Amazon.
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Fast Fashion on Its Last Legs — Thank Millennials
As millennials struggle to put their money to work, still dreaming of owning homes but not being able to, they find it difficult to prioritize anything that won’t offer them real value in the long run. As expected, fast fashion is one of the first items to fall to the bottom of their list of…
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Financial Discrimination Is Better Tackled by Markets
Complaining about injustice is cheap; bona fide progressives put their money where their ideals are, and reap as they sow.
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Broad Weakness in Retail Sales in December
Retail sales fell sharply in December, the third decline in the last five months. Broadening weakness in the economy suggests caution is warranted.
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•
Anti-Socialism Isn’t (Necessarily) Pro-Capitalism
Anti-socialism without a coherent alternative tends to degenerate into a contradictory, idiosyncratic, and logically incoherent case for some unstable, impure mixture of the two systems.
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Liberty and the Search for Meaning
What is the strongest objection to the idea of liberty, markets, and a self-managing society? We’ve been subjected to vast numbers of them recently. Which is most compelling?
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How the Word Liberalism Came to Mean Its Opposite
The classical liberalism of the 19th century needs to be the reborn new liberalism of the 21st century, to once more offer an ideal of individual freedom, free enterprise, impartial rule of law, and equality before the law.
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•
Uber Eats Set to Beat GrubHub, but Will Washington Let It?
And as Uber Eats becomes one of the strongest players in the industry, despite its origin as a ride-sharing app, it’s become even clearer that when there’s a need, the market will find a way to make it possible. And it’s the customer who benefits as a result.
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•
The Anatomy of a Moral Panic
The notion of a moral panic is a powerful one that explains much of what goes on in popular mass media, public discussion, and, all too often, actual policy. It is a valuable intellectual tool to use to protect yourself against unwarranted and dangerous anxiety and being taken advantage of by deluded or unscrupulous hucksters.
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•
Actually, Econ 101 Is Incredibly Important
The true danger is not knowledge of “only” Econ 101. The true danger is ignorance even of Econ 101.
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Consumers Can’t Wait for Amazon to Get Into Cryptocurrency, Legal Weed
The site learned that of the 1,013 Amazon users it polled, 36.7 percent said they would be comfortable purchasing Amazon-branded prescription drugs while 16 percent said they would use a virtual doctor-visit service from Amazon.
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•
Fast Fashion on Its Last Legs — Thank Millennials
As millennials struggle to put their money to work, still dreaming of owning homes but not being able to, they find it difficult to prioritize anything that won’t offer them real value in the long run. As expected, fast fashion is one of the first items to fall to the bottom of their list of…
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Financial Discrimination Is Better Tackled by Markets
Complaining about injustice is cheap; bona fide progressives put their money where their ideals are, and reap as they sow.