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Why Employers and Families—Not Bureaucrats—Should Be In Charge of Immigration Policy

Bureaucracy and RegulationLabor and WagesPoverty

Blog07/25/2023

An immigration system based on sponsorship, bonding, and a reduction in the use of public resources would allow the private sector to play a bigger role in which immigrants come here, and which ones stay.

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Edmund Phelps on Egalitarianism

LawLibertarianismLiberalismPovertyProgressivism

Blog06/02/2023

The classical liberal economist Edmund Phelps wants government to aid poor people, but he clearly is not an egalitarian. His philosophy would be unacceptable to today's "woke" egalitarians.

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Ready for Retirement? Fewer and Fewer Americans Are Saving for That Time

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Blog03/10/2023

Because of inflation and a lack of a savings ethic, Americans are less prepared for retirement than ever. The numbers are discouraging.

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The Turkish Way

InflationPovertyWorld History

Blog10/11/2022

Turkey's economy is reeling under inflation rates likely reaching 170 percent. Not surprisingly, the worst of it is felt by regular people just trying to make a living.

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The West Didn't Become Rich Because of Slavery But in Spite of It

Labor and WagesPovertyU.S. History

Blog10/08/2022

The modern progressive narratives claim that the wealth of the West and especially of the USA was built upon the backs of slaves. In fact, slavery retarded economic growth.

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Entrepreneurship Should Be the Goal, Not White-Collar Jobs

The EntrepreneurPovertySocialismEntrepreneurship

Blog07/05/2022

Many of the best-known civil rights leaders eschewed entrepreneurship, emphasizing that blacks seek employment in the professions and government jobs.

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A Triple-Barreled Gun Is Destroying African Economies: Inflation, Government Debt, and Taxes

Bureaucracy and RegulationInflationPovertySocialismTaxes and Spending

Blog06/17/2022

African economies aren't being strangled by capitalism but by statism, which has imposed inflation, debt, and high taxes.

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Christianity and the Development of Human Capital: Challenging the Narratives

The EntrepreneurPoverty

Blog05/20/2022

While the standard secular narrative is that Christianity held back science and human development, history tells a different story, one of literacy and the development of human capital.

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The Unborns' Dying Wish: The Abortion of the Fed

InflationPoverty

Blog05/17/2022

Janet Yellen, who once was the nation's chief inflationist, now says that poor women need easy access to abortion because inflation might work a hardship on them.

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History and Institutions Matter: The Postslavery Development of Jamaica and Barbados

Economic FreedomPoverty

Blog05/14/2022

Why did Barbados postslavery develop a more robust economy than Jamaica even though the people had similar ethnic backgrounds?

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