Author: one80Admin

07 Apr The Brooklyn Variant of the Coronavirus: Fuggedaboutit

Posted at 09:44h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

We met many years ago in Brooklyn, so it is not surprising that we both tested positive for the Brooklyn variant of the coronavirus, which causes us to say fuggedaboutit. Since March 2020, infectious disease experts, the media (especially, CNN), and politicians have established a...

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

Posted at 18:16h in Uncategorized by one80Admin

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...

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06 Apr California’s Largest Teachers Union Wins Subsidized Child Care Ahead of Reopening

Posted at 13:04h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The United Teachers of Los Angeles, California’s largest teachers union, raised eyebrows last summer when it released a report detailing its demanded conditions for a safe reopening of schools. This document went far beyond requesting social distancing plans and personal protective equipment to an agenda...

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06 Apr Democratic Florida Officials Explain How 60 Minutes Twisted DeSantis-Publix Story

Posted at 12:38h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The media ‘are hellbent on dividing us for cheap views and clicks. 60 Minutes should be ashamed,’ the Democratic mayor of Palm Beach told NR. Read the Full Article here: >National Review...

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06 Apr The Feds Are Pushing Pension Funds toward “Socially Responsible Investing”

Posted at 11:47h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Enivronmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, although rooted in an older concept known as “socially responsible investing,” has been more and more on the rise in recent years. Predictably, the Biden administration has paved the way for the Department of Labor (DOL) to pivot from...

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06 Apr China’s Digital Currency Has Nothing to do with Bitcoin

Posted at 11:47h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

China’s digital currency has left the testing stage and is set for a full rollout to the entire country and region. For some reason, the major media stories on the topic circle around the issue of Bitcoin, invented in 2009 as an alternative to government...

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06 Apr If You Had Covid, Do You Need the Vaccine?

Posted at 11:47h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Vaccines have long been held the mainstay against maladies that previously in history have destroyed large swaths of the population. Polio, Mumps-Measles and Rubella (MMR), Chicken Pox and Pertussis come to mind among others. Vaccines have proven efficacy against certain transmissible infectious diseases. The majority...

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06 Apr Will the Last High Earner to Leave New York Please Turn Out the Lights

Posted at 11:44h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Back on Jan. 19, Governor Cuomo presented an Executive Budget calling for a temporary $1.5 billion personal income tax increase targeted at New York’s highest earners.The left-leaning Democratic supermajorities in the state Assembly and Senate countered with proposals for an eye-popping array of $7 billion in tax...

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06 Apr Peter Boettke and Stefanie Haeffele on Tensions in Political Economy

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In this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke and Stefanie Haeffele share a conversation on the current trilogy of books in the Hayek Program's "Tensions in Political Economy" book series, The pair cover a number of topics, including what was the driving idea...

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06 Apr Dangerous Monetary Manipulations and Fiscal Follies

Posted at 11:43h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Back in the 1960s, Everett Dirksen (1896-1969) served as the Republican Party minority leader in the U.S. Senate. One of his famous lines about federal government spending was, “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” Those days are...

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