The Inevitable Failure of Public Pensions
State-run pensions are sitting on a time bomb.
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Forced Sterilizations in Peru — Paid for by US Taxpayers
The US government used foreign aid to spread a eugenics-tinged sterilization policy in Peru in the late 1990s.
Why Hillary Clinton Was Probably Lying when She Said She’s Against Civility in Politics
What politicians and pundits of the Clinton variety really want is a return to the days of the Era of Consensus of the 1950s and 60s when uncivil opposition was unthinkable.
California’s Feminist Corporate Coup
This latest attack on corporate sovereignty will drive companies and jobs out of California.
More than Half of America Gets More in Welfare than it Pays in Taxes
A big chunk of the voting population relies on taxpayer-funded benefits to pad their incomes. The effects on voting and public policy can't be ignored.
Schemes for Currency Manipulation Spread Worldwide
Now untethered from everything except the will of central bankers, international exchange rates are especially prone to manipulation worldwide.
Statistical Analysis Isn’t Enough to Understand Human Action
Gazing at the data cannot assist an analyst in establishing causes in the world of economics.
City Governments Don’t Care About Housing Affordability
If politicians cared about affordable housing, they'd be doing all they could to repeal regulations and encourage more construction.
Few Dare Call it Socialism: Social Security and Medicare
Given that you conservatives love Medicare, which guarantees government health care for seniors, why not love it even more by expanding it to everyone?
50 Years of Federal Gun Control: The 1968 Gun Control Act
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
