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What Are Your Odds of Making It to the 1%? – Article by Chelsea German
Chelsea German ****************************** They’re better than you think Your odds of “making it to the top” might be better than you think, although it’s tough to stay on top once you get there....
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The Good Old Days of Poverty and Filth – Article by Sarah Skwire
Sarah Skwire ****************************** A Cultural Historian Decries Profit and Progress Standing in a luxury hotel, cultural historian Luc Sante daydreams about the good old days of homeless...
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Now If Someone Could Just Invent Actual Reality Goggles – Article by Bradley...
Bradley Doucet ****************************** It seems like virtual reality goggles are the hottest tech gadget at the moment. I mean, they’ve been around for a while, but I guess they’re really...
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Why Trump and Sanders See Losers Everywhere – Article by Steven Horwitz
Steven Horwitz ****************************** Competition and the Zero-Sum Fallacy Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, many political actors, too many intellectuals, and much of the general public share a...
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How to Break the Link Between Expensive Homes and Good Schools – Article by...
Jason Bedrick ****************************** An innovative school choice proposal Yesterday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation to create an education savings account (ESA) program for students in...
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Mises on Protectionism and Immigration – Article by Matt McCaffrey
Matt McCaffrey ****************************** The economic causes and consequences of immigration are among the most important issues facing the world today. Both pro- and anti-immigration advocates...
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Venezuela Is Facing Runaway Financial Catastrophe – Article by Emily Skarbek
Emily Skarbek ****************************** Debt, capital flight, food shortages, and hyperinflation take hold Often, economists want to isolate questions of public debt and analyse these issues as...
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This Crazy 100-Year-Old Law Makes Almost Everything More Expensive – Article...
George C. Leef ****************************** It’s time to repeal the absurd, costly “Jones Act” The 2016 presidential campaign so far has featured almost no discussion of downsizing the federal...
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UN “Green Climate” Program Is a Slush Fund for Dictators – Article by Marian...
Marian L. Tupy ****************************** The fund is planned to be $450 billion by 2020 Wherever you stand on the subject of global warming, pay close attention to one under-reported aspect of...
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Central Banks Should Stop Paying Interest on Reserves – Article by Brendan Brown
Brendan Brown ****************************** In 2008, the Federal Reserve began paying interest on reserve balances held on deposit at the Fed. It took more than seven decades from the US leaving the...
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A Conversation with My Neighbor “Sam”– Article by Mark Brandly
Mark Brandly ****************************** Lately, I’ve wondered how my neighbor, Sam, affords to buy so much stuff. He appears to have an unlimited budget. When I asked him about this, Sam asked,...
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Bernie Sanders’ Anti-Foreign Crankery – Article by Daniel Bier
Daniel Bier ****************************** A Vesuvius of Tribalism and Economic Illiteracy At Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders attacked American trade with Mexicans, Chinese,...
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The Myth of Primitive Communism – Article by Mike Reid
Mike Reid ****************************** Generosity Is an Investment in Human Capital All my students starved to death. Again. Here’s what they learned the hard way: generosity today can be a way of...
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Actually, “Neoliberalism” Is Awesome – Article by Scott Sumner
Scott Sumner ****************************** Unfortunately, What’s Best for the World Is Not Best for Every Subset of It I am seeing more and more articles, even at respectable outlets such as the...
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What Did Fed Chairman Yellen Tell Obama? – Article by Ron Paul
Ron Paul ****************************** This week, President Obama and Vice President Biden held a hastily arranged secret meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen. According to the one...
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Trump and Hillary Don’t Know How to Fix the Economy – Article by Justin Murray
Justin Murray ****************************** Recently, Hillary Clinton was taped ridiculing Donald Trump for lacking a detailed plan for the American economy. The message, so it goes, is that Trump is...
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Does Star Trek Boldly Go Beyond Scarcity? – Article by Frederik Cyrus Roeder
Frederik Cyrus Roeder ****************************** As a long-time Trekkie (with several conventions and selfies with William Shatner) and an economist, I was more than delighted when a good friend...
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Trump’s Economic Plan Faces Well-Deserved Ridicule – Article by K. William...
K. William Watson ****************************** Earlier this week, the Trump campaign released a white paper written by senior policy adviser Peter Navarro to elaborate and quantify the candidate’s...
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Remembering the Man Who Turned Numbers Into Hope – Article by Steven Horwitz...
Steven Horwitz and Sarah Skwire ****************************** After the spate of celebrities who died in 2016, the death of a Swedish professor of international health might not seem very newsworthy....
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My Childhood as a Renegade Entrepreneur – Article by Derek Magill
Derek Magill ****************************** For most of my life I wanted to be a businessman. As early as preschool, I would insist on wearing only business attire to class every day. And by business...
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