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How Governments Outlaw Affordable Housing

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Blog05/04/2017
In many places, rent growth means more housing is badly needed. Unfortunately, local governments are working hard to limit the supply of housing.
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Rent Control Makes for Good Politics and Bad Economics

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Blog04/10/2017
Politicians see that rent control is an easy way to buy some votes from many voters. Sadly, the policy only ends up hurting renters in the long run.
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Jeff Bezos Got Rich By Giving His Customers What They Want

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Blog04/07/2017
Jeff Bezos is now rivaling Bill Gates for the richest man in the world title, but only after decades of making everybody else a little bit richer first.
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L.A. to Worsen Housing Shortage with New Rent Controls

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Blog03/29/2017
Housing activists in Los Angeles hope to expand rent control there. This will make the city's housing crisis even worse.
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Don't Confuse Immigration with Naturalization

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Blog03/22/2017
Governments made a mess of immigration thanks to their naturalization and welfare policies. But the answer is not to further limit property rights.
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How Ray Kroc of McDonald's Built an Entrepreneurial Empire

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Blog03/15/2017
The Founder, a recent movie about Ray Kroc and McDonald's, illustrates points about the free market made by Mises.
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We Shouldn't Have to Ask the State's Permission to Work

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Blog03/13/2017
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a magic bullet that would simultaneously raise wages and employment while also lowering prices for consumers?
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Chasing Golden Dreams

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Blog02/05/2017
The new movie Gold is a case study in entrepreneurship — and a lesson on how entrepreneurs often fail.
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Oxfam's Hypocrisy on Private Wealth

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Blog01/18/2017

By Oxfam's methods, anyone with a few bucks in the bank is causing poverty for the bottom 10%. Oxfam, of course, has much more than a few bucks.

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How Bad Entrepreneurial Judgment Killed Half-Life 3

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Blog01/17/2017

A lack of entrepreneurial and managerial direction prevented Valve from coordinating enough to focus on developing a new Half-Life.

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