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Starbucks Baristas Were Secretly Recording Co-Workers. But a Court Says It was Illegal to Fire Them
The pair claimed they couldn’t be fired, even when they were hostile to customers and secretly recorded their supervisors. Unfortunately, a Circuit court agreed.
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Pharmaceutical Middlemen Face Lawmaker Scrutiny
More than 25 percent of the federal budget is spent on health care. Endless government intervention, however well-intentioned, rewards lobbyists and distorts markets leaving patients short of options.
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Co-opting Capitalism: From Value Creation to Virtue Signaling
Attempts to push a “moral mission” onto business subverts the actual goal: creating goods, services, and investment returns.
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Why Are There No Trillion-Dollar Companies in Europe?
Large companies don’t just happen. They are born, fostered, and grown in low-tax, high-opportunity societies.
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Has Generation Z Gotten a Raw Economic Deal?
Young people are struggling with high car and home prices, but still live better than their peers of the past. Perhaps lifestyle choices are driving their discontent.
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Want Progress? Lose the Spoon Jobs
Productivity means learning to do more work with less labor. The only way to gain jobs is to lose jobs.
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‘Asian Drama’: Gunnar Myrdal’s Flawed Masterpiece
The economist’s disdain for dogma and appetite for nuance led him to warn “scholars possess an illusion of knowledge worse than ignorance.”
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Protectionism and the Fallacy of Composition
Protectionism can’t enrich the country as a whole, only boost certain individuals and industries while impoverishing the rest.
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Modern Monetary Theory and the Challenge of Endogenous Money Supply
The Fed’s balance sheet, and its influence, remain enormous. A lighter touch at the top would allow more flexibility in the economy.
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Why College Tuition Prices Are Suddenly in Decline
Fewer students want to go to college at the current price. The price tag — as well as politicization and paternalism — are on the decline.
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Starbucks Baristas Were Secretly Recording Co-Workers. But a Court Says It was Illegal to Fire Them
The pair claimed they couldn’t be fired, even when they were hostile to customers and secretly recorded their supervisors. Unfortunately, a Circuit court agreed.
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•
Pharmaceutical Middlemen Face Lawmaker Scrutiny
More than 25 percent of the federal budget is spent on health care. Endless government intervention, however well-intentioned, rewards lobbyists and distorts markets leaving patients short of options.
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•
Co-opting Capitalism: From Value Creation to Virtue Signaling
Attempts to push a “moral mission” onto business subverts the actual goal: creating goods, services, and investment returns.
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•
Why Are There No Trillion-Dollar Companies in Europe?
Large companies don’t just happen. They are born, fostered, and grown in low-tax, high-opportunity societies.
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•
Has Generation Z Gotten a Raw Economic Deal?
Young people are struggling with high car and home prices, but still live better than their peers of the past. Perhaps lifestyle choices are driving their discontent.
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•
Want Progress? Lose the Spoon Jobs
Productivity means learning to do more work with less labor. The only way to gain jobs is to lose jobs.
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•
‘Asian Drama’: Gunnar Myrdal’s Flawed Masterpiece
The economist’s disdain for dogma and appetite for nuance led him to warn “scholars possess an illusion of knowledge worse than ignorance.”
-
•
Protectionism and the Fallacy of Composition
Protectionism can’t enrich the country as a whole, only boost certain individuals and industries while impoverishing the rest.
-
•
Modern Monetary Theory and the Challenge of Endogenous Money Supply
The Fed’s balance sheet, and its influence, remain enormous. A lighter touch at the top would allow more flexibility in the economy.
-
•
Why College Tuition Prices Are Suddenly in Decline
Fewer students want to go to college at the current price. The price tag — as well as politicization and paternalism — are on the decline.