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Sweet Supply and Bitter Scarcity: Why Your Valentine’s Chocolates Cost More This Year
From West African cocoa policy to weather shocks and trade barriers, the price of Kisses and truffles is shaped by a whole world before it hits your supermarket shelf.
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The Public School Shell Game Makes Phantom Daycares Look Tiny
Adults siphon off taxpayer money earmarked for kids, and no one is held accountable. Teachers’ unions share the same dysfunctional incentives as headline-grabbing fraudsters in Minnesota.
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Fed Cuts Rates for Second Straight Meeting
Inflation remains stubbornly high and employment is softening. The Fed’s “balanced approach” marginally lowered interest rates again.
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How Equity Markets Reacted to Trump’s Tariff Announcements: The Data
The US has been by far the biggest loser in tariff negotiations. Indexes have fallen sharply.
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How the Post-WWII Boom Proved Keynesians Wrong
Expect fans of federal spending to lament every dollar that isn’t laundered through government. But leaving them in the economy works even better.
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In California, Entrepreneurs Step Into a Larger Fire Response and Prevention Role
Organizations like Watch Duty are providing something essential in any economic system: action in service of helping others.
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Bitcoin’s Ascent Is a Triumph for Truth and Economic Reality
Bitcoin is a vote of no confidence in the fiscal and monetary mess our officials made for us. We want rules, not rulers.
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Can We Revive a Culture of Free Speech?
Free speech is The Indispensable Right, our core humanity. It might also be the antidote for the ‘age of rage.’
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Sweet Supply and Bitter Scarcity: Why Your Valentine’s Chocolates Cost More This Year
From West African cocoa policy to weather shocks and trade barriers, the price of Kisses and truffles is shaped by a whole world before it hits your supermarket shelf.
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•
The Public School Shell Game Makes Phantom Daycares Look Tiny
Adults siphon off taxpayer money earmarked for kids, and no one is held accountable. Teachers’ unions share the same dysfunctional incentives as headline-grabbing fraudsters in Minnesota.
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•
Fed Cuts Rates for Second Straight Meeting
Inflation remains stubbornly high and employment is softening. The Fed’s “balanced approach” marginally lowered interest rates again.
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•
How Equity Markets Reacted to Trump’s Tariff Announcements: The Data
The US has been by far the biggest loser in tariff negotiations. Indexes have fallen sharply.
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•
How the Post-WWII Boom Proved Keynesians Wrong
Expect fans of federal spending to lament every dollar that isn’t laundered through government. But leaving them in the economy works even better.
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•
In California, Entrepreneurs Step Into a Larger Fire Response and Prevention Role
Organizations like Watch Duty are providing something essential in any economic system: action in service of helping others.
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•
Bitcoin’s Ascent Is a Triumph for Truth and Economic Reality
Bitcoin is a vote of no confidence in the fiscal and monetary mess our officials made for us. We want rules, not rulers.
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•
Can We Revive a Culture of Free Speech?
Free speech is The Indispensable Right, our core humanity. It might also be the antidote for the ‘age of rage.’