Occupational Licensing — An Unnecessary Evil
The number of jobs that require an occupational license now covers 30% of the US workforce, up from 5% in 1950.
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Elizabeth Warren’s New Antitrust Crusade: A New Progressive War on Wealth
Warren and her fellow progressives have the regulatory issue with respect to free markets and public utilities almost precisely backwards.
Elizabeth Warren’s Antitrust Crusade: A New Progressive War on Wealth
In their war on "monopolies," Progressives like Elizabeth Warren show they don't understand the history of anti-monopoly legislation, and they also don't understand that modern day "monopolies" aren't really monopolies at all.
Cash for Clunkers: Yet Another Way Government Increased the Cost of Living
No economy is made better off by destroying existing resources. But that's what "cash for clunkers" tried to do, while only driving up the price of transportation for middle and lower-middle class families.
The Threat of a US Government Debt Trap
It is challenging to see how governments can escape from their debt traps when interest rates rise above the levels currently forecasted.
The “Green New Deal” Debunked (Part 2 of 2)
The "Green New Deal" is aptly named, in the sense that the original New Deal was a massive boondoggle that restricted liberty and crippled the economy.
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Mexico City and Cuernavaca, Mexico
Mises Institute president Jeff Deist will speak to several student and business groups in Mexico City.
Did Baby Boomers Ruin America?
In his book A Generation of Sociopaths, Bruce Gibney blames Baby Boomers for pretty much everything that's gone wrong in America. But there are other factors, such as democracy, that are perhaps more to blame.
China Was Desperate for a Trade Deal, but the G-20 Agreement is a Mirage
This trade deal is not only vague, conditional and temporary — it will fail to stop the global economic slowdown.
