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08 Feb

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Image credit: istockIn the News mentioning Stephen HaberEric HanushekJoshua D. RauhMargaret (Macke) Raymondvia Alabama NewscenterSix experts from Stanford University’s Hoover Institution are partnering with Innovate Alabama to develop policy recommendations that will grow Alabama’s economy, particularly in technology. Read the Full Article here: >Hoover Institution...

08 Feb

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Image credit: istockAnalysis and Commentaryvia Project SyndicateDeveloped countries are spending enormous amounts of money in an attempt to recover from the pandemic, and should not waste it on old and tired schemes that have rarely worked. Instead, national or state governments should fund innovative local projects...

08 Feb

Posted at 21:48h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by

Why do we help strangers? Is there a genetic basis for compassion? Or does evolutionary biology tell us a just-so story about why we care for others? These questions lie at the heart of this conversation between EconTalk Russ Roberts and Michael McCullough, who joined...

07 Feb

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It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere – a season when environmental concerns seem most strange. (And no, I’m not talking about cold winters providing evidence against global warming, for they are not: Climate is the long-term sum of volatile short-term weather patterns, patterns that themselves...

04 Feb

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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?...