New York Fed: Economy Will Benefit From Harvey and Irma
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, William Dudley, said on Friday that, on net, the destruction wrought by the...
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Price-gouging Laws Guarantee Shortages in Miami
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's efforts to prevent alleged "price gouging" in the wake of Hurricane Irma will only lead to shortages and...
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Hurricane Harvey Triggers Price-gouging Law — in Oklahoma
Even many conservatives believe free enterprise should be cast aside during a natural disaster, trusting instead the benevolent hand of government to cure...
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Microchips in the Hand to Conduct Commerce: An Invitation to Totalitarianism?
A Wisconsin company has unveiled technology to conduct transactions with a microchip imbedded under the skin in a person's hand. ...
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Electric Cars: Let the Free Market Decide
It is clear that few government leaders really believe in the power of the free market, as evidenced by the mandates and subsidies...
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IMF Boss Threatens to Ditch U.S. for Communist China, Again
The chief of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, again threatened that the controversial globalist institution she runs could move its headquarters from...
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Robots May Take 2/3 of Las Vegas Service Jobs
Two college professors from the University of Redlands, California, predict that over the next two decades 65 percent of the jobs in Las...
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CBO Raises Its Deficit, Debt Forecasts in Latest Revision
The government has a spending problem. It's one problem that isn't even on the radar screen. ...
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A License to Mow Lawns? Occupational Licensure and Liberty
Occupational licensure laws are inimical to liberty and artificially create monopolies and increase prices. ...
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Trump: Opening of New Pennsylvania Coal Mine Is Due to “Less Regulation”
President Trump celebrated the opening of a new coal mine in Pennsylvania as an example of what can be accomplished when government eliminates...
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Ford CEO Suddenly Retires: Early Casualty of AV Revolution
The announced retirement of Ford’s CEO Mark Fields — his position to be taken by the head of Ford’s autonomous vehicle division —...
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Baltimore Mayor Vetoes Minimum-wage Bill After Doing “Research”
After doing “some research,” Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh changed her mind and her position on a bill that would raise the city's minimum...
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Trump Strategist Bannon: Austrian Economics Too Theoretical. Really?!
Trump poltiical strategist Stephen Bannon has dismissed Austrian economics as not "real world." On the contrary, adherence to its tenets would improve the...
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Raiders’ Move to Vegas Latest Example of Sports Crony Capitalism
The Raiders are leaving Oakland because that city refused to give the billionaire owner of the NFL team a subsidy for a new...
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Income Tax Filings Down, Income Tax Revenue Up
The IRS reports that individual income tax filings are down, while the revenue collected is up. ...
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