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Monthly Archives: April 2019
The 5 Counties with the Highest Median Household Income All Reside in the D.C. Area
I periodically will make use of ‘most depressing‘ in the title of a column when sharing bad news. And new data from […]
Universal Basic Income Is a (Costly) Socialist Pipe Dream
Universal basic income has had a phenomenal year in 2018 when it comes to publicity. Silicon Valley billionaires, academics, and […]
Venezuela Shows What Happens When Planners Pretend Prices Don’t Matter
The disastrous state of Venezuela’s health system is yet another example of the calamity that has befallen that country under dictatorial socialism. […]
Central Banking Is Central Planning
By Richard M. Ebeling Wednesday, April 24, 2019 Central Banking At a time when the appeal of and demands for […]
The National Debt is the Most Serious Crisis America Faces
A generation ago, the national debt stood at just a smidgen over USD $4 trillion and a young presidential candidate […]
The Hidden Costs of the Minimum Wage
The House of Representatives recently took up the Raise the Wage Act, which would more than double the federal minimum […]
Saying You’re Against Fascists Doesn’t Excuse Acting Like One
On March 23, 1919, Benito Mussolini, an Italian veteran of the Great War and a publisher of socialist newspapers, created […]
A Brief History of Income Taxes in the United States
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Capitalism (aka Self-Ownership) Is the Only Moral Economic System
With all the ‘turn that over to the government, too, so someone else will have to provide it for you’ […]
The Federal Government Will Spend $35,148 Per Household in 2019. Here’s Where It Goes
As another tax day arrives, Americans are surely wondering where their hard-earned federal taxes go. This year, Washington will spend […]
Occupational Licensing Costs $200 Billion Annually
In a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) paper, Blair and Chung find that occupational licensing reduces labor supply significantly. I had […]
The Feds Can’t Enforce Marijuana Prohibition-And They Know It
Thirty-three states have effectively nullified federal marijuana laws. US Attorney General nominee William Barr said so during his confirmation hearing when […]
The Unintended Consequences of “Free” College
High school graduation is the first big achievement for many young people. It’s a celebration for them and the loved […]
The True Threat to Free Speech Is Not Twitter or Facebook, It’s Politicians
There appears to be common ground between Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ted Cruz, and it isn’t only their Harvard connection. […]
Bastiat on How the Modern State Commits the Very Evils It Was Created to Prevent
One of the striking things about America’s recent political environment has been the increasingly warm embrace of socialism, particularly by […]