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The Fed Takes a Wait-and-See Approach
Labor markets are stabilizing and inflation has leveled off. Further easing would’ve risked recent progress toward price stability.
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How Does Your State Rank on This Economic Freedom Index?
The Fraser Institute has published new data showing how policy incentives shape states’ growth.
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Rent Money Isn’t Wasted — It Buys Protection from Big Risk
Rent is a premium to avoid risk and preserve mobility. Landlords don’t just collect checks: they absorb the financial volatility of homeownership.
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How Many Work-Hours Does a Car Cost? The Model T to Today
The Model T brought mobility within reach of ordinary workers. Despite huge improvements, affordability has eroded as real costs climb.
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Don’t Push the Policy Button!
Economists design “optimal” interventions with caveats and disclaimers. Politicians treat them like irresistible big red buttons.
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Dollar Weakens as Markets Reprice US Political Risk
The dollar is being treated as a pressure-release mechanism for US debt — and markets are responding by demanding protection against intentional depreciation.
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Duke’s Tent City ‘K-Ville’ — Still Crazy After 40 Years
Students’ evolved ticket queuing system is perceived as legitimate because it balances effort, transparency, and equal opportunity.
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Davos Chickens Come Home to Roost
Davos elites’ relevance may not quite be at an end, but it’s hard to imagine it ever regaining the reputation or status it once had.
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Social Security Isn’t a Retirement Account — and Congress Must Stop Pretending It Is
Social Security is pure welfare, not an individual savings program. Denying that only makes reform more difficult.
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The Fed Should Hold Steady in January
Cutting rates further risks overstimulating demand, when inflation remains stubbornly above the Fed’s two-percent target.
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•
The Fed Takes a Wait-and-See Approach
Labor markets are stabilizing and inflation has leveled off. Further easing would’ve risked recent progress toward price stability.
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•
How Does Your State Rank on This Economic Freedom Index?
The Fraser Institute has published new data showing how policy incentives shape states’ growth.
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•
Rent Money Isn’t Wasted — It Buys Protection from Big Risk
Rent is a premium to avoid risk and preserve mobility. Landlords don’t just collect checks: they absorb the financial volatility of homeownership.
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•
How Many Work-Hours Does a Car Cost? The Model T to Today
The Model T brought mobility within reach of ordinary workers. Despite huge improvements, affordability has eroded as real costs climb.
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•
Don’t Push the Policy Button!
Economists design “optimal” interventions with caveats and disclaimers. Politicians treat them like irresistible big red buttons.
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•
Dollar Weakens as Markets Reprice US Political Risk
The dollar is being treated as a pressure-release mechanism for US debt — and markets are responding by demanding protection against intentional depreciation.
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•
Duke’s Tent City ‘K-Ville’ — Still Crazy After 40 Years
Students’ evolved ticket queuing system is perceived as legitimate because it balances effort, transparency, and equal opportunity.
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•
Davos Chickens Come Home to Roost
Davos elites’ relevance may not quite be at an end, but it’s hard to imagine it ever regaining the reputation or status it once had.
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•
Social Security Isn’t a Retirement Account — and Congress Must Stop Pretending It Is
Social Security is pure welfare, not an individual savings program. Denying that only makes reform more difficult.
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•
The Fed Should Hold Steady in January
Cutting rates further risks overstimulating demand, when inflation remains stubbornly above the Fed’s two-percent target.