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09 Mar The Regressive Effects of Regulations in New Hampshire

Posted at 16:05h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Key Findings The impact of federal regulations from 1997 to 2015 on the New Hampshire economy is associated with the following regressive effects: 14,541 people living in poverty 3.4 percent higher income inequality 47 fewer businesses annually 622 lost jobs annually 7.35 percent higher prices With regard to the volume of state-level...

09 Mar To Decline or Not Decline: Western Civilization’s Endless Nemesis

Posted at 16:03h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The West has died many times, yet remains alive and kicking. In there lies the problem for a whole battery of Western intellectuals up and down its flourishing centuries, who have confidently called for our civilization’s imminent demise. Again and again, writers and philosophers like...

09 Mar Lin Yutang, a Classical Liberal Voice for a Free China

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China Rising! The news media has stories every day about China’s continued positioning as a geopolitical and economic “power” on the international stage. Beijing says its economy will have strong growth in 2021, as it increases military spending to back up China’s gunboat diplomacy in...

09 Mar Can the U.S. Economy Grow Without Immigration?

Posted at 15:54h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

“I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” – Mother Teresa Imagine 100 people on a wholly deserted, seemingly inaccessible island. Life would be pretty bleak. With only 100 people working, life’s barest necessities would be all...

08 Mar Jake Tapper’s ‘Empirically Racist’ Dr. Seuss Nonsense

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There’s no consistent, much less scientific, measure of racism. That’s the problem. Nobody can keep track of the rules. Read the Full Article here: >National Review...

08 Mar Should Businesses Focus Solely on Profits? John Mackey vs. Yaron Brook

Posted at 13:33h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

A Soho Forum debate about stakeholder value vs. shareholder value.------------------Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_...

08 Mar Long Past Time to Break Silence on this Tyranny

Posted at 13:32h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

From July 1997 until August 2001 I was president of the Foundation for Economic Education (“FEE”). Founded in 1946 by Leonard Read (1898-1983), FEE joined with AIER (founded in 1933) in pioneering, during post-war America, the nourishment and spread of the ideas and ideals of...

08 Mar The Collapse of Trust in Public Health

Posted at 13:27h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Maybe you have noticed the rise in public incredulity toward the coronavirus narrative that you hear all day from the mainstream media. More doubts. More opposition. More protests. And far less trust. You are hardly alone. What began as a spark in the Spring of...

07 Mar The Iceman Cometh Not

Posted at 20:58h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

During the early 20th Century, “natural” ice was in decline. “Artificial” or “manufactured” ice was taking its place. Men continued to carve ice out of ponds and lakes during the winter, for storage in great ice warehouses to meet demand during summer. Increasingly, however, other...

07 Mar To Understand Economics, First Understand Private Property

Posted at 20:56h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

In Man, Economy, and State, Murray Rothbard expounds the principles of economics by reconstructing an economy from the ground up. Following the practice of classical economists, he opens the book by imagining Robinson Crusoe alone on an island. After identifying the operative laws that apply...