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In Offense of Ben Bernanke, Part III: Bernanke, Blinder, and Underpants Gnomes
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In Offense of Ben Bernanke, Part II: The Natural Rate of Unemployment
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In Offense of Ben Bernanke, Part I: The Fed is Competent?
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Naked Body Scanners — Coming to a Neighborhood Near You!
Well, you can forget the airports-only naked body scanners — they’re now coming to a neighborhood near you. Forbes reports that…
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The Case for Private School Vouchers
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Crony Capitalism, the TSA, and Insider Trading
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Time to Privatize? The Economics of Social Security
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Dear Progressives, Wake Up!
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Consumer Leverage and Government Deficits
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A Crazy Welfare Statistic
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Tea Party Movement: Is it Enough? A Pessimistic Take
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On Google: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It!
Scores.org has a post suggesting that Google is a monopoly because its “tentacles tap into sizable market shares” referring to the search engine, map services,…
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Dear Mr. Biden: Vice Presidents Were Meant to Be Seen, Not Heard
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Something (Useful) for the FTC to Do
I took a class at George Mason University with economist Tyler Cowen on industrial organization (IO).1 My apologies to Dr. Cowen…
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Another Reason Why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Need to Go
The monthly payments a home mortgage has depend on two variables (among others): the initial down payment and interest rates. A larger down payment means…
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Boom and Bust — Different Ideas Why…
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Exploiting the Poor: International Trade
On last week’s Stossel (no video available yet), was mentioned that rich countries gain their wealth through the exploitation of poor countries. Professor Marc Hill of Columbia University…
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Exploiting the Poor: The Minimum Wage
Many people believe that the minimum wage is a major source of America’s prosperity. Actually as of 2009 only 4.9 percent of (employed) workers…
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Free Market Burns — Fire Department Doesn’t Help
This post was coauthored by Jered Piepenbrink and Alex Schibuola. On October 3, a home burned to the ground in Obion County, Tennessee, though it…
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A Potentially Bold Fiscal Policy Experiment in U.K.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Conservative government of Prime Minister David Cameron plans to cut 192 independent government agencies in an…
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Fun Fiscal Policy Fact
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The Problem with Stephen Menendian’s Libertarian Straw Man
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Economic Illiteracy and Stopping Foreclosures
Express, a publication of The Washington Post, notes that as a result of a stoppage in mortgage foreclosures: “Prices might stabilize because so many homes…
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10:10 = Economic Illiteracy
10:10 Video: Blowing Up Children (Viewer Discretion Advised) What an inspiring film — people who refuse to cut their personal CO2 emissions are sentenced…