Scott Drylie

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No, A Continuing Resolution Is Not a Stopgap

12/12/2024 Power & Market Scott Drylie

Congress recently passed a “continuing resolution” to avoid a government shutdown. We are good to go now. Government agencies may continue to operate while Congress tries to agree on the actual budget...

Minimum Wage Laws Can’t Repeal the Laws of Economics

12/08/2024 Mises Wire Scott Drylie Michael Brown

A new study at UC Berkeley claims that California‘s new $20 minimum wage has had no adverse economic effects. If only that were true.

Bad, Worse, Worst: The Misguided Perfectionism of Gavin Newsom

11/11/2023 Mises Wire Scott Drylie

California governor Gavin Newsome has signed a draconian new bill meant to raise pay for the state's fast-food workers.

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Minimum Wage Laws Can’t Repeal the Laws of Economics

01/10/2025 Scott Drylie Michael Brown

A new study at UC Berkeley claims that California‘s new $20 minimum wage has had no adverse economic effects. If only that were true.

How to Teach Austrian Economics to the Neighbor Kids

05/16/2023 Scott Drylie

Austrian economics is not dry theory. It helps us make sense of our world and shows that exchange and production have a place in our moral universe.

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