Economic Growth
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Wealth Precedes Health. Policy Should Reflect That.
“Government policies including excessive taxation and regulation, directly taking property, and weak patent and copyright protection can negatively affect wealth in rich and poor countries.” ~Richard Williams
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You Are Making a Difference. You Just Have To Know How to Look At It.
“Someone who designs a better salad bar or who lays out a better floor plan for a grocery store might not think he’s feeding the poor, clothing the naked, or fighting food insecurity. But he is.” ~Art Carden
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Tucker Carlson’s Dollar Store Takedown
“The best way to help those with lesser means is to provide them with more options. Dollar stores don’t create low-income households, they serve them.” ~Kimberlee Josephson
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22 States Raised the Minimum Wage: What Does This Mean for Low-Skilled Workers?
“Governments inadvertently eliminate many of these essential entry-level jobs by advocating for higher minimum wages. This lost first rung has profound consequences, especially for vulnerable groups.” ~Vance Ginn
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The Sad Irony of “Not In My Backyard” (NIMBY)
“Recasting the NIMBY debate in social terms would convince even the most ardent NIMBY activist to reconsider. America’s blight with homelessness, for example, can be remedied by increasing the housing supply.” ~Michael Peterson
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Can New Chef Milei Change Argentina’s Recipe?
“The speech resonates because it directly addresses the reality of destroyed hopes and dreams that his supporters live with, and his solution is clear, consistent, and economically sound.” ~George Lynch
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Degrowth Kills People – Yes, Literally
“The primary obstacle to continuous improvement in the human condition is human (political or ideological) interference with the liberty of others.” ~Emile Phaneuf III & Christopher Lingle
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The Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals Have a Plan: It Shouldn’t Surprise You
“Independent scholarly studies in economics have found that the promised economic benefit from hosting a team or investing in a new facility rarely pays off financially.” ~Andrew Zimbalist
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Resistance to Revitalization? When Neighborhoods Change but Regulations Don’t
“The amount of red tape and regulation, fees and form-filling that government has wrapped around simple collaboration isn’t just irritating and expensive. On a deep level, it’s inhuman.” ~Laura Williams
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Defending Globalization
“Only because people are eager to trade with people in different countries do governments feel the need to suppress this trade…Persons who erect these restraints understand that what they impose is not globalization – that would arise naturally – but economic nationalism.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux
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Even More Ways to Cook The Benefit-Cost Analysis Books
“In disciplining our thinking to make better decisions, benefit-cost analysis also teaches those determined to mislead others how to do that better. Knowing how to do it ‘right’ also provides a template for how to be wrong in the desired direction.” ~Gary M. Galles
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The Miracles of Human Cooperation Are Hidden in Plain Sight
“Humans cooperate and communicate in miraculous ways through the mechanism of the price system. If you believe someone must be in charge of coordinating human action, you will never notice the marvels all around you.” ~Barry Brownstein
