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If You Love Hot Chocolate, Thank This Man
Behind every great innovation, there is an innovator or maybe many.
- Mar 24, 2019More Articles
The Case for Prepaid Debit Cards
Jerry Brito recently published a paper entitled “The Case for Electronic Cash.” He argues that peer-to-peer forms of payment like banknotes and cryptocurrency are essential to modern...
- Mar 21, 2019
Philadelphia-Area Manufacturing Survey Remains Positive
The results of the Philadelphia Fed’s Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey was generally favorable in March. In general, respondents were more upbeat about current conditions but...
- Mar 21, 2019
Golden Eggs and the Challenge of Our Time
Can we get capitalism’s golden goose to lay more eggs, and do so soon enough to avoid the Washington-planned economy that many now envision? That appears to be a key question in 2019.
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- Mar 21, 2019
Capitalism Saved Sweden
Josh Billings famously diagnosed a problem with beliefs: "I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.” I am astonished at how many students, and for that...
- Mar 21, 2019
Fed Reverses Course on Rates (Video)
What it means that the Fed has decided to stop rate hikes. Video from Edward Stringham appearing on Yahoo Finance.
- Mar 20, 2019
Put Freedom First
To put “America First” has been something that the U.S. president has promised from the first day in office. In his inauguration speech a little more than two years ago, he made clear...
- Mar 20, 2019Programs
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