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13 Apr The Magic of Making Something from Nothing | Sean W. Malone

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Every act of creativity starts with a seemingly impossible challenge: How do you take nothing and, through the alchemy of craft and imagination, turn it into something incredible? Even now, as I begin to write this essay, I’m staring at a blank screen wondering what to...

13 Apr Thriving Florida Looks on at New York’s Economic Demise

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[Leer en español]In times of polarization and social tension, the differences between models and systems are noticeable. The United States is no exception, especially in the economic sphere, where, despite the fact that a free market system, respect for property and economic freedoms prevails throughout...

08 Apr Covid’s Vindication of Free Movement-AIER

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A bit over one year ago, leaders the world over closed their borders in the name of disease transmission mitigation. Some did so in what was an extension of policies enacted earlier, and others did so for the first time in...

07 Apr Max Kenner on Crime, Education, and the Bard Prison Initiative – Econlib

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0:37Intro. [Recording date: March 11, 2021.]Russ Roberts: Today is March 11, 2021, and before introducing today's guest, I want to correct a mistake I made in last week's episode [Leon Kass on Human Flourishing, Living Well, and Aristotle--Econlib Ed.] I misquoted, horrifying, a poem by...

07 Apr America’s COVID Population Implosion

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Many thought that the government-imposed lockdowns of 2020 might result in a temporary reprieve of the United States’ falling birth rates. Unfortunately, it appears that this will not be the silver lining of COVID-19 after all. Economists Melissa Kearney and Philip Levine believe that there will be...

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

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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...

05 Apr Economics lessons from Emperor Tiberius – CapX

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The great crash of 2008 may feel like a strikingly modern phenomenon, caused by bafflingly sophisticated derivatives like credit default swaps, but it actually bears striking similarities to Ancient Rome’s financial crisis of 33 AD.Our Roman forebears also faced a profound economic shock as a...

05 Apr Stop Greenwashing Socialism-AIER

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According to a Gallup poll from 2019, around 50% of young Americans aged 18-39 view socialism favorably. Nothing captures this “socialist” zeitgeist better than the narrative surrounding climate change, so vociferously promulgated by youth movements around the Western world. When Senator...

01 Apr Daniel Hannan: I hate everything about the lockdown. But most of all, how much we like being bossed around.

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Lord Hannan of Kingsclere is a Conservative peer, writer and columnist. He was a Conservative MEP from 1999 to 2020, and is now President of the Initiative for Free Trade. I hate everything about the lockdown. I hate the confiscation of liberty, and the ease with...

31 Mar An Age of Patronage-AIER

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Edmund Burke, the father of conservatism, once said that patronage was “the tribute which opulence owes to genius.” If you were wealthy, it was your moral obligation to give back to the community – not merely by improving the lot of...