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    Patrick Carroll

    Patrick Carroll has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is an Editorial Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education.

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  • The Housing Crisis Explained—With Mini Fridges

    The Housing Crisis Explained—With Mini Fridges3

    In a household of four guys, fridge space is what you might call prime real estate. I know this because I happen to live in one such household. For months we tried sharing the one fridge in the house. It was not pleasant. We had to have regular negotiations about how to allocate the limited

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  • 7 Ridiculous Examples of Government Waste in 2023

    7 Ridiculous Examples of Government Waste in 20233

    Almost nobody doubts that the federal government wastes a lot of money. Every day we hear stories of fraud, mismanagement, and misplaced priorities that cost taxpayers millions, and sometimes billions, of dollars. But just how much money is wasted? In his annual Festivus report—named after the fictional Seinfeld holiday—Senator Rand Paul tallies up some of the most

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  • Two Strategies for Making Better Financial Choices in 2024

    Two Strategies for Making Better Financial Choices in 20241

    The Aesop Fable known as The Ant and the Grasshopper offers a profound commentary on life and work. Its moral is at once striking and compelling, regardless of the reader’s background. One version of the fable goes as follows: One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out

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  • Why So Many Elites Can’t Stand Elon Musk

    Why So Many Elites Can’t Stand Elon Musk3

    Elon Musk’s Twitter-acquisition saga saw new developments last week as Musk reaffirmed his original offer to buy the company for $54.20 per share, a price that puts the company’s value at a whopping $44 billion. After the original deal was settled in April, Musk tried to back out in July, alleging Twitter was misrepresenting the

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