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A "Universal Basic Income" Costs More Than You Think

Taxes and Spending

Blog6 hours agoJosé Niño

Basic-income schemes siphon off resources from employers who could have used them to increase worker productivity — and worker incomes.

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Shelley's Radicalism: The Poet as Economist

Media and Culture

06/20/2018BooksPaul A. Cantor

Sometimes poets have something to teach economists.

Professor Israel Kirzner Receives Distinguished Fellow Award

EntrepreneurshipMises News

06/20/2018Power & MarketJoseph T. Salerno

Congratulations to Israel Kirzner who received the Distinguished Fellow Award from the History of Economics Society at its 2018 annual meetings held in Chicago this past weekend. The Society confers the honor of “Distinguished Fellow” on “those who have contributed a lifetime of study to the...

Net Neutrality Is Dead — But Now Some States Want to Revive It

Blog06/20/2018Andrew Moran

Democratic governors are implementing their own versions of net neutrality.

Introduction to the Civil War

War Comes to Virginia

06/20/2018Audio/VideoChris Calton

The war in Virginia begins with a few minor skirmishes following the Union occupation of Alexandria and Arlington.

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The Problem with Government Licensing Schemes

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismHealth

Blog06/20/2018Lee Friday

Government licensing hurts employment, reduces competition — and thus quality — and serves to line the pockets of the established firms who benefit.

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The Fight for Liberty and the Beltway Barbarians

Blog06/19/2018Murray N. Rothbard

There is no reason why we can’t stress and spread our positive values at the same time that we battle against their enemies.

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The Cronyist Origins of Social Security

Cronyism and CorporatismU.S. History

Blog06/19/2018Brian Balfour

The big-business-connected creators of Social Security sought to use the system to punish their competitors in the small-business sector.

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Don't Trust Cuban Health Care Statistics

Ryan McMaken

We've long been told that Cuba's health care system is one of the greatest in the world. In spite of the fact that...

Professor Israel Kirzner Receives Distinguished Fellow Award

Joseph T. Salerno

Congratulations to Israel Kirzner who received the Distinguished Fellow Award from the History of Economics Society...

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Trump Administration recently announced that the US will withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council....

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The hypocrisy of the EU in two images.

“EU to impose duties on U.S. imports Friday after Trump tariffs...

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In a constantly changing media landscape, the value of the shock political poll continues to stand the test of time...

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Attorney General Eric Holder arrives today in Ferguson, Missouri, in response to the unrest after a local policeman...

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