In communities with more legislation and regulations, more people are tripped up by the law more often. Local corruption follows the wisdom of Roman historian Tacitus: The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the...
Many scholars and journalists write on America’s shrinking “middle-class.” Mark J. Perry’s research, drawing from Census data, reveals surprising explanations. Perry quotes from a recent New York Times story “…since 2000, the middle-class share of households...
In the ongoing inequality “Battle of the Network Narratives,” new volleys of stories, statistics, and charts are fired back and forth. The CNN Money article, “This is why Obama is so concerned about the...
When people (like me) and organizations (like mine) encourage debaters to learn economics and incorporate economic principles into their speeches, we argue expanded economic freedom will enable people to improve their lives and the...
Lincoln-Douglas debate is about values, and the NCFCA topic contrasts values of economic freedom and equity: “Resolved: In the realm of economics, freedom ought to be valued above equity.” Advocates of the free society...
Inequalities in productivity are unfortunate and maybe unfair. People with job skills have opportunities to earn higher wages than those without, and people living near companies hiring skilled workers have an advantage over people...
For the NCFCA LD resolution, “Resolved: In the realm of economics, freedom ought to be valued above equity,” tax and regulatory policy are relevant. I will argue that income taxes do not lack equity...
People in Ireland and Chile today, and in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan, are not better people than those who lived and worked there fifty years ago. But for some reason people...
… the poorest three-quarters of the global population still only use about ten percent of global energy – a clear indicator of deep and persistent global inequity. [Source.] Working on a post today on...
This reposted repost comes by way of the Daily Speculations site, which explains why they reposted it. After the article, I have comments on each of the proposed FDR/Michael Moore “Second Bill of Rights.” Though...
