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Book review: The big economic story of our times is not the
Book review: The big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics...

The government is not a charitable institution, nor should it be.
The government is not a charitable institution, nor should it be. Charity starts with an individual, and grows with cooperation and understanding. Ju...

The Necessary and Proper clause is, perhaps, the most ignored
The Necessary and Proper clause is, perhaps, the most ignored and abused portion of the Constitution. Perhaps the worst part of its abuse began with...

I love behavioral economics, but few people (particularly policy
I love behavioral economics, but few people (particularly policy makers) understand it nor can apply it effectively. As a result, the new Consumer Pr...

This point he makes is valid, but begs a larger question, because
This point he makes is valid, but begs a larger question, because it impacts his view of the minimum wage. If minimum wage is so low - how do these s...

Bastiat on why government can NEVER - yes, its an absolute, but it
Bastiat on why government can NEVER - yes, its an absolute, but it is true - NEVER solve our problems. The law (government) is supposed to PROTECT ri...

Found this quote on why Progressive politics is doomed to fail
Found this quote on why Progressive politics is doomed to fail miserably. Seems accurate to me, since the goal of it is utopia, where all people are ...

Anglophone democracies now regularly prosecute people for saying
Anglophone democracies now regularly prosecute people for saying the wrong thing, usually on grounds of putative insult to some minority group Im off...