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The Class Warriors Are Wrong. Skyrocketing Inequality Is A Myth.

December 26, 2019

Contrary to progressive belief, America is not divided into rigid economic strata. The incomes of the wealthy often decline, while many taxpayers go from being poor at one point to not-poor at another.

Environmentalist Fanatics Believe In The Opposite Of What Economically Aspirational People Want.

December 25, 2019

They point accusing fingers at non-recyclers. In environmentalists’ eyes, those who unquestioningly disregard the value of one resource (time) in order to spend it on the conservation of other resources (wood, plastic and glass) are righteous while those of us who value and conserve time are sinners.

There Is Inflation Everywhere Government Gets Involved: Housing, Healthcare, Education.

December 24, 2019

The CPI might tell us that inflation is "subdued," or "muted," but there are plenty of people whose budgets are taking big hits anyway. Home prices are a big part of most households' monthly expenses and healthcare spending and higher education cause big increases in the cost of living.

Professor Arthur Diamond Praises The Creativity In Creative Destruction, And Teaches Us To Welcome The Destruction, Too.

December 23, 2019

Arthur Diamond helps us understand where new ideas come from, how they diffuse, how they improve people's lives and importantly, how they can be throttled by regulators, special interests, and even cultural commentators.

Here Are The Top Ten Economic Trends Of Our Time – And They’re All Bad For Government.

December 22, 2019

Across the world, whole peoples have shifted their own view of government from trust to disgust. This has profound implications for the status of any ideology that longs for central control and command. It also raises the question: if not government, then what?

Economic Growth Is Good For Everyone. Why Can’t The Anti-Capitalist Left Recognize This Simple Fact?

December 21, 2019

Through history, economic growth has alleviated human misery, improved human happiness and opportunity, and lengthened human lives. Wealthier societies are more stable, offer better living standards, produce better medicines, and ensure greater autonomy, greater fulfillment, and more sources of fun.

Minimum Wage Legislation Cost This Foodservice Worker A Job, And Threatens To Destroy An Entire Industry.

December 20, 2019

I’ve lived in this city for almost 20 years, supporting my family thanks to the full-service-restaurant industry. Today I’m struggling because of a policy meant to help me. I’m proudly progressive in my politics, but my experience shows that progressives should reconsider minimum-wage laws that hurt the very workers they’re trying to protect.

Is This The End Of The Gig Economy In California?

December 19, 2019

AB 5 will also enable powerful labor unions to influence and coerce the millions of individuals it will deem as new employees. People have the right and freedom to join unions, but the government should not enact public policy that essentially increases the number of people who will potentially pay union dues.

The Modern Poetic Justice Warrior’s Relentless Defense Of The Soul Of Civilization – Alan Charles Kors

December 18, 2019

Intellectuals continue to disavow the connection between socialism in theory and the unimaginably evil communist regimes in practice. At the same time, they loudly decry the fault of our society. One that in practice, has raised human beings to a dignified free life protected as never before from hopelessness before nature and men.

The Politicians Who Rig Our System Learn How To Make “The System Is Rigged” Trend On Social Media.

December 17, 2019

Nobel Laureate Robert J. Shiller explains why this may be the case in his new book, “Narrative Economics.” As Shiller points out, when a story is repeated enough, the viral message may be accepted as conventional wisdom, more like an article of belief than a matter of reason

The World’s Have Nots Flock To America To Participate In Our Capitalism For The Common Good.

December 16, 2019

Of course, Rubio’s droolings about China likely explain why he believes what he does about capitalism. In each instance, the Senator believes capitalism can be planned by those like him who have no experience with it. Sorry, but capitalism is far too glorious for politicians to engineer.

Economics For Individuals:An Old Banana As Artwork Explains The Economic Concept Of Subjective Value.

December 15, 2019

Value is a judgment economizing men make about the importance of the goods at their disposal for the maintenance of their lives and well-being. Hence value does not exist outside the consciousness of men.

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