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13 Apr American Institute for Economic Research

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American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) seeks to positively influence the world by helping advance peace, prosperity, and human progress. AIER helps educate Americans on the value of personal freedom, free enterprise, property rights, limited government, and sound money. Read the Full Article here: >AIER...

13 Apr 3 Great Untruths Universities Push That Ruin Students

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One of the more interesting books I read in 2018 was Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt’s The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure. It’s a book-length treatment of the ideas they discussed in...

13 Apr Americans Have Too Much Toilet Paper. Finally, Sales Slow.

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Bath-tissue sales in January fell more than 4% from the same period a year earlier, before the spread of Covid-19 spurred Americans to load up on staples from toilet paper to sanitary wipes, according to figures from NielsenIQ. The decline, which comes even though legions...

13 Apr The Magic of Making Something from Nothing | Sean W. Malone

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Every act of creativity starts with a seemingly impossible challenge: How do you take nothing and, through the alchemy of craft and imagination, turn it into something incredible? Even now, as I begin to write this essay, I’m staring at a blank screen wondering what to...

13 Apr Thriving Florida Looks on at New York’s Economic Demise

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[Leer en español]In times of polarization and social tension, the differences between models and systems are noticeable. The United States is no exception, especially in the economic sphere, where, despite the fact that a free market system, respect for property and economic freedoms prevails throughout...

08 Apr Covid’s Vindication of Free Movement-AIER

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A bit over one year ago, leaders the world over closed their borders in the name of disease transmission mitigation. Some did so in what was an extension of policies enacted earlier, and others did so for the first time in...

07 Apr Max Kenner on Crime, Education, and the Bard Prison Initiative – Econlib

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0:37Intro. [Recording date: March 11, 2021.]Russ Roberts: Today is March 11, 2021, and before introducing today's guest, I want to correct a mistake I made in last week's episode [Leon Kass on Human Flourishing, Living Well, and Aristotle--Econlib Ed.] I misquoted, horrifying, a poem by...

07 Apr America’s COVID Population Implosion

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Many thought that the government-imposed lockdowns of 2020 might result in a temporary reprieve of the United States’ falling birth rates. Unfortunately, it appears that this will not be the silver lining of COVID-19 after all. Economists Melissa Kearney and Philip Levine believe that there will be...

06 Apr Why Millennials’ DIY Approach to Finances Has so Much Upside

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Millennials and Gen X are “worlds apart” when it comes to how they manage their finances. While Gen Xers own more assets despite having more debt, they also save for the future. Millennials, on the other hand, spend most of the money they make. For all...

05 Apr Economics lessons from Emperor Tiberius – CapX

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The great crash of 2008 may feel like a strikingly modern phenomenon, caused by bafflingly sophisticated derivatives like credit default swaps, but it actually bears striking similarities to Ancient Rome’s financial crisis of 33 AD.Our Roman forebears also faced a profound economic shock as a...