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Although Adam Smith is well-known for emphasizing division of labor, his analysis was woefully incomplete, as Dr. Mark Thornton points out.
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Jeffrey A. Singer Last September, I wrote about how New York City residents face the highest combined state and local excise taxes on cigarettes...
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The Civil Rights Act, first passed in 1964, is falsely connected with freedom. In reality, this law severely restricts individual liberty and replaces it...
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Mainstream economics and finance theories hold that markets immediately adjust to new information. While market prices do reflect available information, the Efficient Market Hypothesis...
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From the Jacksonians to the Marxists, political theorists have understood that there is something unique about “small industry” between big business and propertyless workers.
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Jennifer Huddleston and Christopher Gardner At this year’s Silicon Flatirons Flagship Conference, yours truly, Jennifer Huddleston, took part in a lighthearted debate on whether...
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When we think of the need for more electricity to meet a weather-related surge in demand, we think more generation of power. However, entities...
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Murray Rothbard believed that national self-determination was essential for individual freedom. Rothbard also did not make the error of connecting a nation to a...
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Colleen Hroncich When it comes to the Winter Olympics, I’m mostly interested in figure skating events. But when I saw that Team USA luger Ansel...
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David Inserra Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson recently addressed a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook to suggest that the Apple News product...
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Gold’s price dropped from close to $5,600 to less than $4,500 on Monday. Silver plunged 31.4% on Friday alone.
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The market regulates accidents very effectively. If the state does not coercively interfere, competition between companies forces them to improve services to the maximum.
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Matthew Cavedon In March 2019, law enforcement officers, accompanied by a drug-detection dog, entered the locked hallway of a multi-unit apartment building. Petitioner Erik...
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Neal McCluskey Fraud in federal programs has become a hot topic lately, and federal student aid is no exception. Indeed, it seems to be...