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Government Bureaucrats Screw Up Our Dishwashers And Our Showerheads, To Name Just Two Ways They Worsen Our Lives.

January 18, 2020

Not everybody understands that these annoyances are the result of mandates handed down by a few unelected bureaucrats sitting in cubicles in Washington, D.C. By exposing the link, there's a better chance of creating legions of small-government advocates than via lectures about Adam Smith.

Our Natural Behavior Is Virtuous, Sympathetic and Kind, Despite What Economists Say.

January 17, 2020

Sometimes we do the right thing simply because it is the right thing. Economists tend to see the entire world as a giant cost-benefit analysis. Everything is self-interested. This is the wrong way to think about it.

The Trump Equilibrium Model Beats The Academic Economists’ Models In Real Life.

January 16, 2020

This jarring disconnect between the forecasts and the real Trump economy would be comical if the policy stakes weren’t so high. What is missing from these forecasts is a “general equilibrium” analysis of tariffs, with a “dynamic scoring” of their effects, to account for the new investment tariffs induce.

The Introverted Drummer and Philosopher of Progressive Rock – Neil Peart Was His Own Hero

January 15, 2020

What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession." Neil Peart's first master instructor was the legendary jazz drummer Gene Krupa.

Where Are The Entrepreneurs To Bring America The Honest, Trusted News Media We Need?

January 14, 2020

Having squandered the public’s trust, desperate media liberals can now only satisfy their corporate advertisers’ demand for eyeballs with sensationalized hype. Liberal journalists can’t just report the news now, because—like the boy who cried wolf⁠—no one really believes them.

It’s Unequal! Lower Paid Workers’ Wages Are Growing Fastest In The Current Employment Surge.

January 13, 2020

During the Trump Presidency, wages for the bottom 10% of earners over age 25 rose an average 5.9% annually compared to 2.4% during Barack Obama’s second term, according to the latest demographic data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

It’s Not Luck: Recognizing And Acting On Opportunity Is The Way To Get Ahead In America.

January 12, 2020

The likelihood that someone would only ever experience either good or bad luck during their lifetime is very low. Over many years and decades, in most cases, good and bad luck should balance each other out.

Private Giving Achieves What Government Can’t—Which Is Why Progressives Hate It.

January 11, 2020

One reason many progressives are so hostile to private giving is that government and charity are often competitors. They function in many of the same areas and sometimes attack the same problems, albeit in different ways.

Climate Hysteria Is A Backdoor For Imposing Personal Interests On The Public.

January 10, 2020

Professor Kian Goh, who is teaching young minds vulnerable to radical thinking, is also critical of property rights in general. He prefers “government-planned and -built public housing,” as well as “new or reconstituted forms of cooperative housing.”

Regulators Are Regulators Because They’re Not Smart Enough To Get A Job At A Corporation That Hires The Best Talent.

January 9, 2020

Regulators are those who mostly didn't rate acceptance at elite institutions, plus it cannot be stressed enough that for the most part those who presume to regulate are the ones who couldn’t get jobs in the industries regulated.

The Standard Bearer For The Spirit of American Conservatism And Ideas Of Civilization – Gertrude Himmelfarb

January 8, 2020

Working class families readily put these values into practice and improved their lives and their communities. The evidence is overwhelming - quality of life rose, fertility rates and population increased, illegitimacy and crime rates fell, and sanitation and health care systems improved. Coincidental to this was the emergence of an impressive network of privately organized social safety nets for people who were unable help themselves.

To Achieve Change, Take Tiny Steps Towards New Habits. And Celebrate Disproportionately.

January 7, 2020

The alarming levels of obesity, sleeplessness and stress seen in the world—and in the Stanford University behavior-research lab—show a painful gap between the changes people want and what they actually do.

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