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The New York Times Explains Why the Minimum Wage Should Be $0.000
- Economics
- September 25, 2018
The minimum wage is the Jason Vorhees of economics. It just won’t die. No matter how many jobs the minimum wage destroys, no matter how many times you debunk it, it always comes back to wreak more havoc. Economic Literacy from an Unexpected Source We’ve covered the issues at length at FEE, and quite effectively,
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How One African Nation is Pulling Itself Out of Poverty0
- Economics
- September 25, 2018
When discussing the dramatic increase in living standards of the last decades, we usually forget to mention that this increase hasn’t been uniform. Whereas Asia has experienced tremendous economic growth, Africa is the continent that has benefited the least from global capitalism. This doesn’t mean that living standards in Africa haven’t increased at all. Since
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How a Man Landed on a List of Top Female Executives1
- Culture
- September 25, 2018
A man has been named as one of the top 100 women in business by the UK’s Financial Times and HERoes Champions of Women in Business list. Pips Bunce, who comes in at number 32, is Director / head of global markets core engineering strategic programs for Credit Suisse. No, Pips is not a trans woman, and
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Calling the Education System ‘Progressive’ is a Lie. Here’s Why.0
- Culture
- September 25, 2018
A correspondent friend of mine from France recently lamented the changes in her country’s educational system and the falling test scores of French students. She then casually added, “I wish we would go back to the way we were taught in the 50s and 60s.” Her comment hit me like a bombshell. I was in
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#MeToo Falls to Tribalism0
- Culture
- September 25, 2018
Even in the glory days of #MeToo, I had my reservations. But one aspect of the movement gave me hope: it seemed refreshingly nonpartisan. Democrats John Conyers and Al Franken toppled alongside Republicans Trent Franks and Blake Farenthold. If there was to be a witch hunt, better that it seek out all the witches, not
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Why It Matters That Bert and Ernie Are Friends, Not Lovers0
- Culture
- September 24, 2018
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We Weren’t Made for Endless Work0
- Culture
- September 24, 2018
It only took a moment. The smartphone was somewhere in the grass, forgotten. Our hands and jeans were covered in smears of purple and green sidewalk chalk. My two-year-old daughter and I were busy drawing roads and buildings on a square of pavement—here a library, there a post office, with our house around the corner.
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Schools Are Tracking Your Child’s Mental Health—Whether You Like It or Not0
- September 24, 2018
A worrying trend is emerging in schools across the country. With increasing regularity, school districts are tracking students’ mental health and raising flags if a screening shows something amiss. Student mental health tracking is often framed in terms of safety or prevention, arguing that all kids should be screened to identify the few who
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How to Spot Misleading Statistics in the Gun Control Debate1
- Culture
- September 24, 2018
The academic debate over gun control consists mainly of a war of statistics. New studies come out every few weeks, and as a result, both sides are constantly locking horns over the validity or invalidity of this-or-that study in this-or-that country. For those who aren’t formally trained in data analysis, this debate can seem impossible
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