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Should Smartphones be Banned in Schools? A Look at the Research
Students react poorly at first but show improvement over time. Unfortunately, government schools are tricky places to run experiments.
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The Poverty of the UN’s Degrowth Agenda
Global initiatives promise justice through economic restraint. In practice, they would make societies poorer and opportunity scarcer.
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Why Is the Federal Reserve Paying Banks Billions in Interest?
The Fed pays banks billions more in interest than it earns on assets. Could a floor system save the central bank from future losses?
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Ozempic Sat Unused for Decades Because Invention Is Not Enough
Pfizer knew GLP-1s worked in 1990, but didn’t see their potential. The 30-year detour shows entrepreneurship matters as much as raw invention.
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Business Conditions Monthly April 2026
Data reveal a mixed but resilient economy: current activity improved, while signals of future growth remain murky.
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Trillionaire Entrepreneurs, Forgotten Risks, and the Politics of Envy
Once entrepreneurial success arrives, few recall the risks, ridicule, failed ventures, sleepless nights, and near-disasters that came before.
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Why Much of Manhattan Would Be Illegal to Build Today
Zoning laws drive up housing costs and freeze cities in the past. New York City is a clear example.
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When Congress Waged War on Cheap Groceries
Long before Amazon and Walmart, politicians targeted A&P for lowering prices with scale and efficiency. The resulting law protected competitors at the expense of grocery buyers.
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Too Connected to Fail: Washington’s New Tech Oligarchy
From Intel to Dell, federal policy has helped create a tightly interdependent system where government power and private firms reinforce one another through subsidies, contracts, and political access.
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Alan Greenspan’s Complicated Monetary Legacy
Sound money needs rules, not a maestro, a tension embodied in Alan Greenspan’s long tenure at the Fed.
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Should Smartphones be Banned in Schools? A Look at the Research
Students react poorly at first but show improvement over time. Unfortunately, government schools are tricky places to run experiments.
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•
The Poverty of the UN’s Degrowth Agenda
Global initiatives promise justice through economic restraint. In practice, they would make societies poorer and opportunity scarcer.
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•
Why Is the Federal Reserve Paying Banks Billions in Interest?
The Fed pays banks billions more in interest than it earns on assets. Could a floor system save the central bank from future losses?
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Ozempic Sat Unused for Decades Because Invention Is Not Enough
Pfizer knew GLP-1s worked in 1990, but didn’t see their potential. The 30-year detour shows entrepreneurship matters as much as raw invention.
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•
Business Conditions Monthly April 2026
Data reveal a mixed but resilient economy: current activity improved, while signals of future growth remain murky.
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•
Trillionaire Entrepreneurs, Forgotten Risks, and the Politics of Envy
Once entrepreneurial success arrives, few recall the risks, ridicule, failed ventures, sleepless nights, and near-disasters that came before.
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•
Why Much of Manhattan Would Be Illegal to Build Today
Zoning laws drive up housing costs and freeze cities in the past. New York City is a clear example.
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•
When Congress Waged War on Cheap Groceries
Long before Amazon and Walmart, politicians targeted A&P for lowering prices with scale and efficiency. The resulting law protected competitors at the expense of grocery buyers.
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•
Too Connected to Fail: Washington’s New Tech Oligarchy
From Intel to Dell, federal policy has helped create a tightly interdependent system where government power and private firms reinforce one another through subsidies, contracts, and political access.
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•
Alan Greenspan’s Complicated Monetary Legacy
Sound money needs rules, not a maestro, a tension embodied in Alan Greenspan’s long tenure at the Fed.