Daily Economy
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Manufacturing Surveys Remain Positive
Two surveys on manufacturing showed positive results in September. However significant concerns remain regarding the tight labor market and rising input-cost pressures.
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Uber Faces Tough Competition
We have all heard the tales of aggressive competitiveness between Uber and Lyft in the United States, with the latter accusing the world’s leading ride-sharing company of unethical behavior. But what you may have not heard is that Uber’s top competitor in India, Ola, is expanding, prompting Uber to seek a merger in other regions…
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AIER Teaching Teachers
In my lifetime, I’ve never observed more confusion over the issue of international trade. That’s an indicator of a more serious problem, the dearth of economic knowledge among the general public.
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Three Solid Movies on the 2008 Crisis
The most well-known of the movies on the 2008 financial crisis is also the weakest. On the other hand, there are two wonderful films about it that deal with both the difficult times for traders and the underlying causes.
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A Real Agenda for a Renewal of Free Market Liberalism
If the classical liberals of that earlier time could defeat the prevailing beliefs and vested interests supporting human slavery, after its existence for all of human history, some of us believe the same can be done against the existing system of collectivism, interventionism, and welfare statism in both their authoritarian and democratic forms.
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Housing Permits Fall to the Lowest Level in Two Years
Housing starts rose by 9.2 percent in August. However, housing permits, an indicator of future activity, fell in the latest month, hitting the lowest level since August 2016. Combined with rising interest rates and falling affordability, the outlook for housing is deteriorating.
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Tariffs May Wipe Out Gains from Tax Cut
With the new round of announced and threatened tariffs, we are approaching a policy that coupled with the corporate tax cut, can best be described as a revenue-neutral free trade tax.
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Making America Broke (More Than It Already Is)
Social Security is in the hole. It’s time to stop digging.
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The Market’s Beautiful Response to Hurricane Florence
Long before governments entered the disaster scene, private citizens and entities took responsibility whenever they saw their fellow residents in trouble, oftentimes putting their own safety at risk to help save lives.
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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and the $3,500 Suit
It should come as no surprise that in a political/economic system helmed by an elite that the trappings of a ruling class inevitably follow.
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Manufacturing Surveys Remain Positive
Two surveys on manufacturing showed positive results in September. However significant concerns remain regarding the tight labor market and rising input-cost pressures.
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•
Uber Faces Tough Competition
We have all heard the tales of aggressive competitiveness between Uber and Lyft in the United States, with the latter accusing the world’s leading ride-sharing company of unethical behavior. But what you may have not heard is that Uber’s top competitor in India, Ola, is expanding, prompting Uber to seek a merger in other regions…
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•
AIER Teaching Teachers
In my lifetime, I’ve never observed more confusion over the issue of international trade. That’s an indicator of a more serious problem, the dearth of economic knowledge among the general public.
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•
Three Solid Movies on the 2008 Crisis
The most well-known of the movies on the 2008 financial crisis is also the weakest. On the other hand, there are two wonderful films about it that deal with both the difficult times for traders and the underlying causes.
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•
A Real Agenda for a Renewal of Free Market Liberalism
If the classical liberals of that earlier time could defeat the prevailing beliefs and vested interests supporting human slavery, after its existence for all of human history, some of us believe the same can be done against the existing system of collectivism, interventionism, and welfare statism in both their authoritarian and democratic forms.
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•
Housing Permits Fall to the Lowest Level in Two Years
Housing starts rose by 9.2 percent in August. However, housing permits, an indicator of future activity, fell in the latest month, hitting the lowest level since August 2016. Combined with rising interest rates and falling affordability, the outlook for housing is deteriorating.
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•
Tariffs May Wipe Out Gains from Tax Cut
With the new round of announced and threatened tariffs, we are approaching a policy that coupled with the corporate tax cut, can best be described as a revenue-neutral free trade tax.
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•
Making America Broke (More Than It Already Is)
Social Security is in the hole. It’s time to stop digging.
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•
The Market’s Beautiful Response to Hurricane Florence
Long before governments entered the disaster scene, private citizens and entities took responsibility whenever they saw their fellow residents in trouble, oftentimes putting their own safety at risk to help save lives.
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•
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and the $3,500 Suit
It should come as no surprise that in a political/economic system helmed by an elite that the trappings of a ruling class inevitably follow.