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Illiberal Belief #11: The Environment Is Steadily Deteriorating – Article by...
Bradley Doucet May 13, 2012 Recommend this page. ****************************** There are plenty of potential sources of concern when it comes to the environment. We are polluting the air we breathe...
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Commonsense Wisdom from African Farmers – Article by Kelvin Kemm
Kelvin Kemm June 19, 2012 Recommend this page. ****************************** If you want to learn what farmers think (and need), talk to African farmers – not to bureaucrats, environmental activists...
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More of Everything for Everyone – Article by Bradley Doucet
Bradley Doucet July 4, 2012 Recommend this page. ****************************** At any given time, I like to be reading one fiction and one non-fiction book. Rarely, though, do my choices dovetail as...
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Reflections on Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables”– Article by Edward W. Younkins
Edward W. Younkins February 18, 2013 Recommend this page. ****************************** This essay is not a review of Tom Hooper’s recently released film of the tremendously popular 1980s stage...
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Revolutionary France’s Road to Hyperinflation – Article by Frank Hollenbeck
Frank Hollenbeck December 15, 2013 Recommend this page. ****************************** Today, anyone who talks about hyperinflation is treated like the shepherd boy who cried wolf. When the wolf...
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The Paradox of Public Assistance – Article by David J. Hebert
David J. Hebert January 26, 2014 Recommend this page. ****************************** Let’s put ideology aside for a moment. One might not think it’s morally or politically justifiable to take from one...
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Libertarians’ opposition to coercive redistribution of wealth does not mean that they are opposed to charitable giving that improves people’s lives. In this video, Mr. Stolyarov analyzes why private...
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Inflation’s Not the Only Way Easy Money Destroys Wealth – Article by Frank...
Frank Shostak October 14, 2014 ****************************** The US Federal Reserve can keep stimulating the US economy because inflation is posing little threat, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis...
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Shut Out: How Land-Use Regulations Hurt the Poor – Article by Sanford Ikeda
Sanford Ikeda February 28, 2015 ****************************** People sometimes support regulations, often with the best of intentions, but these wind up creating outcomes they don’t like. Land-use...
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Fooled by GDP: Economic Activity versus Economic Growth – Article by Steven...
Steven Horwitz May 4, 2015 ****************************** Even the smartest of economists can make the simplest of mistakes. Two recent books, Violence and Social Orders by Douglass North, John...
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Does America Ban Immigration? – The Land of the Free Isn’t, For Most People –...
David Bier August 3, 2015 ****************************** The United States has a de facto ban on immigration. We can debate about whether this prohibition is necessary, but its existence is...
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Economic Growth Slashed Global Poverty to Historically Unprecedented Level –...
Marian L. Tupy October 6, 2015 ****************************** According to the World Bank, for the first time in human history, “less than 10 percent of the world’s population will be living in...
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Venezuela’s Bizarre System of Exchange Rates – Article by Emiliana...
Emiliana Disilvestro & David Howden ****************************** Venezuela is currently going through its worst crisis in history, replete with an endless list of interesting problems. Foremost...
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What Are Your Odds of Making It to the 1%? – Article by Chelsea German
Chelsea German ****************************** They’re better than you think Your odds of “making it to the top” might be better than you think, although it’s tough to stay on top once you get there....
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The Good Old Days of Poverty and Filth – Article by Sarah Skwire
Sarah Skwire ****************************** A Cultural Historian Decries Profit and Progress Standing in a luxury hotel, cultural historian Luc Sante daydreams about the good old days of homeless...
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“Inferno” and the Overpopulation Myth – Article by Jonathan Newman
Jonathan Newman ****************************** Inferno is a great thriller, featuring Tom Hanks reprising his role as Professor Robert Langdon. The previous movie adaptations of Dan Brown’s books...
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Malthus Predicted Penury on the Eve of Plenty – Article by Richard M. Ebeling
Richard M. Ebeling ****************************** Those of us fortunate enough to have been born in the so-called Western World (Europe and North America) rarely appreciate the historical uniqueness...
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The Evidence Weighs in Favor of Immigration – Article by Luis Pablo de la Horra
Luis Pablo de la Horra ****************************** In a previous article, I analyzed the economics of immigration from a theoretical perspective. I concluded that economic theory clearly supports...
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The World’s Poorest People Are Getting Richer Faster Than Anyone Else –...
Alexander Hammond October 29, 2017 ****************************** Last Tuesday marked the 25th anniversary of the United Nations’ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The date...
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Why California Cities Are Becoming Unlivable – Article by Andrew Berryhill
Andrew Berryhill ****************************** California has the highest poverty rate in the U.S. and is rated dead last in quality of life. In July, the mayor of San Francisco frankly stated that...
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