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Study Shows That Increased Minimum Wage Rates Hurt Young Employees

September 5, 2018

While both schooling and increased job competition with immigrants both played negligible roles, the latter playing a slightly bigger role than the former, the main culprit was the minimum wage.

Apple Is No Longer Requiring College Degrees for Job Applicants

September 4, 2018

More and more the value of a college degree is dwindling. And this is a good thing. Recently, Apple announced that it will join 14 other major employers in dropping the college degree requirement for job applicants.

A New Perspective Becomes a Refreshing Journey on The Road to Serfdom

September 3, 2018

Friedrich Hayek's signature achievement, the Road to Serfdom, was published 75 years ago, and its ideas are as relevant as ever, but who would know? In the e-book A New Perspective on the Road to Serfdom, Brittany Hunter translates its most important lessons to the Millennial generation highlighting its overriding theme - only you own your life.

Trump’s Escalating Trade War Is Striking a Blow to “Craftrepreneurs”

September 2, 2018

Trade wars are nasty games where nobody wins and everybody loses. Trump should put a stop to this before more entrepreneurs, consumers, and charities suffer needlessly.

Individuals Need to Practice Constant Vigilance against the State

September 1, 2018

It is likely that China will not be the only government to take such extreme measures against crypto-related activities, but just because we receive pushback from the powers that be does not mean we should abandon our quest altogether.

Ignore the Doom and Gloom, The World Is Getting Better

August 31, 2018

Despite the sensational headlines, there has never been a better time to be alive.

In The Sharing Economy, Workers Own The Capital And Use It To Create New Value.

August 30, 2018

When personal property becomes capital, a source of income, then the obvious implication is a decentralization of capital ownership.

How A New Tax on Sugary Drinks Ruined a Beloved UK Soda

August 29, 2018

Forcibly taking money from one source in order to give it to another is not benevolence, no matter how great the cause in question may be. And while many leftists do not agree with this premise, they also do not like when their favorite products are altered thanks to taxation.

Patients without Borders and the Rise of Medical Tourism

August 29, 2018

But where government intervention has failed the health care sector, free market innovation has become its savior. The rising costs of health care in both North America and Europe have actually created a void in the marketplace. And medical tourism is filling that void by offering a whole new avenue of choice for health care consumers.

The Impostor Syndrome Inordinately Affects Respectable People, Sparing Narcissists and Frauds.

August 28, 2018

Successful high achievers who feel like frauds are experiencing the Impostor Syndrome. Conversely, frauds who believe themselves worthy of dominion over others are immune from this condition. In both cases, this unhealthy self-awareness can have debilitating effects on societies.

Trump’s Tariffs Cause Harley-Davidson to Move Overseas

August 27, 2018

Unfortunately, other countries do not take kindly to trade barriers being arbitrarily placed on imported goods. And in many instances, when these types of policies are instituted, foreign countries respond by creating their own tariffs on American goods in retaliation. This is exactly what is happening now. The European Union is moving forward with new tariffs targeted at denim, orange juice, bourbon, motorcycles, peanut butter, motorboats, and cigarettes.

How Trade-Tested Betterment Fixed My Car.

August 27, 2018

“Getting 100,000 miles out of a car in the 1970s was cause for celebration,” economist Steven Horwitz wrote in a 2015 paper. “Not getting 100,000 miles out of a car today is cause to think you bought a lemon.”

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