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04 Feb Robinhood and Redditors: Who’s robbin’ who? – Econlib

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The recent story of Robinhood and the “short squeeze” on GameStop has raised the question whether Robinhood was doing some squeezing of its own, applied to the delicates of the small traders it serves. The comedian and renowned financial analyst John Stewart said it was...

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03 Feb How Free Speech Drives Economic Progress

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Free speech is usually considered a constitutional right, which is certainly correct. It’s also often discussed as a human right—also correct. But the benefits of free speech go further. Free speech acts as a gateway toward human improvement and the betterment of society. How, you ask?...

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03 Feb How Free Speech Drives Economic Progress

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Free speech is usually considered a constitutional right, which is certainly correct. It’s also often discussed as a human right—also correct. But the benefits of free speech go further. Free speech acts as a gateway toward human improvement and the betterment of society. How, you ask?...

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03 Feb How Free Speech Drives Economic Progress

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Free speech is usually considered a constitutional right, which is certainly correct. It’s also often discussed as a human right—also correct. But the benefits of free speech go further. Free speech acts as a gateway toward human improvement and the betterment of society. How, you ask?...

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02 Feb Dismiss All the Populist GameStop Hype: Short Sellers Are Heroes-AIER

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Back around 2007, investor John Paulsen began to feel skeptical about the viability of mortgage securities. Though demand for them was much greater than supply, Paulsen sensed that lending standards had plummeted so far that loan delinquencies were set to surge....

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02 Feb Let’s Crush These 4 Retirement Myths in 2021

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Retirement planning is one of...

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02 Feb What Are Your Chances of Facing a Huge Unexpected Expense?

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They may be higher than you think.Unexpected expenses are a fact of life. And just about everyone faces them at some point. But you may be surprised to find out just how likely it is that you'll incur large surprise costs.Since the chances of them...

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02 Feb What Is A 529 Plan?

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A 529 plan is an investment vehicle for K-12 and college that receives preferential tax and federal financial aid treatment. They are sponsored by either a state or educational institution and often referred to as “Qualified Tuition Programs” in the tax code. Think of 529s...

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02 Feb Why You Need To Review These 5 Retirement Risks

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Aside from running out of money, there are a host of things to worry about when thinking about retirement. I know, you have enough to worry about! Yet most of the major retirement risks are things you can address now, so there’s a lot...

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21 Jan Rereading the The Road to Serfdom

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January 20, 2021 Rereading the The Road to Serfdom Bruce Caldwell discusses Friedrich Hayek and the history of economic ideas. Bruce Caldwell/Friedrich Hayek DickClarkMises at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Friedrich Hayek, one of the giants of 20th century economics, did important work on everything from...

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