John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist echoes the benefits of having choices made at the state and local level. The … More
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When You Subsidize Something, You Get More of It
April 9, 2020. New unemployment claims surged to 6.6 million today in face of the COVID-19 shut down. Prediction: The … More
5 Charts That Explain the Student Debt Crisis – Foundation for Economic Education
The commonality between the insatiable rise in both healthcare costs and college tuition, post 1965, should be obvious: Massive amounts … More
Focus on People During Economic Crises, Not Macro-Statistics – Foundation for Economic Education
By Mark Hornshaw “Economics studies human choice under scarcity. Humans must act in the present to provide for the future. … More
Panic Has Led to Government “Cures” That Are Worse than the Disease, History Shows – Foundation for Economic Education
Smoot-Hawley and the New Deal are hardly the only examples of government actions making a panic worse. Thomas Sowell recounts … More
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Government Shutdowns and Economic Activity | International Liberty
From a microeconomic perspective, there is some genuine disruption for affected federal bureaucrats, even if they eventually will get full … More
The Grumpy Economist: Volalitily, now the whole thing
WONK ALERT! And now for the meaty post of the week! Seriously, this is a fantastic piece by The Grump … More
