Daily Economy
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What Do Economic Growth Figures Tell Us?
Economic growth as measured by gross domestic product directs policy makers toward imagining a lump sum of output instead of allowing the market to adapt to the diverse needs and wishes of individuals.
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The Rise of Capitalism and the Dignity of Labor
Free market liberalism not only has brought about growing prosperity for more of humanity, but has cultivated a more polite and respectful society to accompany the material betterment of the human condition.
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The Reason for the Leftist Hegemon on Campus
Non-left students may also perceive that the decks are stacked against them on the academic career path, and unfortunately there’s emerging evidence of this problem.
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Your First Job: Real Costs of the Minimum Wage
The minimum wage is only the most visible portion of what quickly amounts to a vast array of considerable, often unseen costs.
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Facebook Enters the Online Dating World
The idea that Facebook will now have access to even more private information from its users may bother those who believe that what they disclose to a private organization should stay between the two of them, not between them and the government.
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AIER Helps Bring Economics to the Classroom
Students don’t learn enough economics, neither as a subject nor as a way of thinking across the curriculum. AIER was proud to co-sponsor and partner on an event last week with two organizations working to change that fact: the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE), and the Economic Education Center at Lindenwood University’s School of Education…
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Lionel Robbins, Prophet of International Liberalism
“We should not claim for liberalism,” Robbins insisted, “that the world it could produce would be perfect.… But we may claim that, with all its deficiencies, it would still provide a safeguard for happiness and spontaneity more efficient than any other which has yet been suggested.”
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Speak Not of Legislation as Law
Particular laws can be undesirable, and legislation often serves useful purposes. Nevertheless, legislation is not law. So the common habit of using “law” and “legislation” as synonyms sows much confusion.
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How a New Definition of Personality Wrecked a Generation (or Two)
“Without entirely knowing what we were doing, that in the course of a few decades, we replaced a view of the human project that was inspired by choice, personal ambition, and individual achievement with a completely different view that insists that aspiration is utterly pointless and probably even dangerous.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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Socialism Worked in Venezuela
Socialism is worse than untenable. It’s destructive and inhumane. Conservatives should know that socialists know of their own destructive intent and should oppose them, instead of implicitly praising them.
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What Do Economic Growth Figures Tell Us?
Economic growth as measured by gross domestic product directs policy makers toward imagining a lump sum of output instead of allowing the market to adapt to the diverse needs and wishes of individuals.
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•
The Rise of Capitalism and the Dignity of Labor
Free market liberalism not only has brought about growing prosperity for more of humanity, but has cultivated a more polite and respectful society to accompany the material betterment of the human condition.
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•
The Reason for the Leftist Hegemon on Campus
Non-left students may also perceive that the decks are stacked against them on the academic career path, and unfortunately there’s emerging evidence of this problem.
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Your First Job: Real Costs of the Minimum Wage
The minimum wage is only the most visible portion of what quickly amounts to a vast array of considerable, often unseen costs.
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•
Facebook Enters the Online Dating World
The idea that Facebook will now have access to even more private information from its users may bother those who believe that what they disclose to a private organization should stay between the two of them, not between them and the government.
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•
AIER Helps Bring Economics to the Classroom
Students don’t learn enough economics, neither as a subject nor as a way of thinking across the curriculum. AIER was proud to co-sponsor and partner on an event last week with two organizations working to change that fact: the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE), and the Economic Education Center at Lindenwood University’s School of Education…
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Lionel Robbins, Prophet of International Liberalism
“We should not claim for liberalism,” Robbins insisted, “that the world it could produce would be perfect.… But we may claim that, with all its deficiencies, it would still provide a safeguard for happiness and spontaneity more efficient than any other which has yet been suggested.”
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Speak Not of Legislation as Law
Particular laws can be undesirable, and legislation often serves useful purposes. Nevertheless, legislation is not law. So the common habit of using “law” and “legislation” as synonyms sows much confusion.
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•
How a New Definition of Personality Wrecked a Generation (or Two)
“Without entirely knowing what we were doing, that in the course of a few decades, we replaced a view of the human project that was inspired by choice, personal ambition, and individual achievement with a completely different view that insists that aspiration is utterly pointless and probably even dangerous.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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Socialism Worked in Venezuela
Socialism is worse than untenable. It’s destructive and inhumane. Conservatives should know that socialists know of their own destructive intent and should oppose them, instead of implicitly praising them.