Daily Economy
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Freedom, Love, and the Vision of Edith Wharton
Wharton was the mind that gave the most rich and complex expression of the glory and failings of this fascinating time and place. She clearly loved freedom, and despised impositions on the human personality, which is why she was one of the few literary giants of her time to see the power of Aldous Huxley’s…
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Minimum Wage a Win for Unions, Not the Poor
Minimum-wage legislation is the story of unions and politicians allying against unskilled, non-unionized, and poor workers and families and calling it “social justice.”
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Cotswold Cottage at AIER
In the Cotswold Hills north of Bath, England, large manor houses were made from the local oolitic limestone. Cotswold Cottage at AIER in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, built from 1929 to 1931, was intended to be a copy of that Cotswold style, which is why our revered stone house has sometimes been called “Old Cotswold.”
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Swift vs. Sweep: The Eternal Battle
There’s something about the physical experience of a spot like Cotswold Cottage at the American Institute for Economic Research that connects you to the deep past, in all its tribulations and struggle for progress, but also points to a brilliant future. Sometimes we need experiences like this to cause reflection of where we’ve been and…
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Thank You, Blockchain, for This Warhol Painting
The beauty of the art example of distributed ownership is that it gets the creative juices flowing. How many other applications of blockchain are out there waiting? Blockchain is like oil, like the Internet, like fire; that is, not a single instance with one use case but a resource with potentially limitless uses. doing countless other…
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In the ICO Race, First May Not Be Best
Telling an entrepreneur with a great idea in a blossoming industry to sit on their hands for a couple of years is a tough sell, but there are of reasons why sitting down and taking a deep breath today might lead to greater success down the road.
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An American Entrepreneur’s Odyssey in Venezuela
When Michael Bennett arrived in Venezuela, his biggest surprise was how much control the government had over people’s minds. The Chavista propaganda has been effective at convincing many people that the state is always a benefactor.
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Your Freedom and Rights are Highly Conditional, Says Court
Yes, the court decided the right way, but narrowly and not in a way that should calm the worries of anyone who believes in basic freedoms.
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Apps, Deliveries Lay Waste to Free-Parking Dream
When left to the commons, road space gets misused and wasted. Underpriced street parking has made road space scarce.
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Where Pinker Goes Wrong on the “Great Peace”
We do not need human beings to be “angels” to achieve progress. We need institutions that are robust to “demons.”
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Freedom, Love, and the Vision of Edith Wharton
Wharton was the mind that gave the most rich and complex expression of the glory and failings of this fascinating time and place. She clearly loved freedom, and despised impositions on the human personality, which is why she was one of the few literary giants of her time to see the power of Aldous Huxley’s…
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Minimum Wage a Win for Unions, Not the Poor
Minimum-wage legislation is the story of unions and politicians allying against unskilled, non-unionized, and poor workers and families and calling it “social justice.”
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Cotswold Cottage at AIER
In the Cotswold Hills north of Bath, England, large manor houses were made from the local oolitic limestone. Cotswold Cottage at AIER in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, built from 1929 to 1931, was intended to be a copy of that Cotswold style, which is why our revered stone house has sometimes been called “Old Cotswold.”
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Swift vs. Sweep: The Eternal Battle
There’s something about the physical experience of a spot like Cotswold Cottage at the American Institute for Economic Research that connects you to the deep past, in all its tribulations and struggle for progress, but also points to a brilliant future. Sometimes we need experiences like this to cause reflection of where we’ve been and…
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Thank You, Blockchain, for This Warhol Painting
The beauty of the art example of distributed ownership is that it gets the creative juices flowing. How many other applications of blockchain are out there waiting? Blockchain is like oil, like the Internet, like fire; that is, not a single instance with one use case but a resource with potentially limitless uses. doing countless other…
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•
In the ICO Race, First May Not Be Best
Telling an entrepreneur with a great idea in a blossoming industry to sit on their hands for a couple of years is a tough sell, but there are of reasons why sitting down and taking a deep breath today might lead to greater success down the road.
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•
An American Entrepreneur’s Odyssey in Venezuela
When Michael Bennett arrived in Venezuela, his biggest surprise was how much control the government had over people’s minds. The Chavista propaganda has been effective at convincing many people that the state is always a benefactor.
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•
Your Freedom and Rights are Highly Conditional, Says Court
Yes, the court decided the right way, but narrowly and not in a way that should calm the worries of anyone who believes in basic freedoms.
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•
Apps, Deliveries Lay Waste to Free-Parking Dream
When left to the commons, road space gets misused and wasted. Underpriced street parking has made road space scarce.
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•
Where Pinker Goes Wrong on the “Great Peace”
We do not need human beings to be “angels” to achieve progress. We need institutions that are robust to “demons.”