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...
This January 27, 2015 LearnLiberty video begins: “You should be worried about NSA surveillance…” This LearnLiberty page has more information on the video and links to the full debate held at San Jose State...
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...
When prices fall by more than half over six months, well, that’s a big savings for most people, and a large stimulus to the economy. Falling oil prices hurt some oil-dependent governments and oil...
“Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says” Has a groundbreaking analysis “from hundreds of sources” of the world’s oceans unearthed signs of human-caused global catastrophe, as this New York Times story claims? Or is this just...
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...
