Economics

Pew Research Fuels Gender Wage Gap Myth 3
- Economics
- March 13, 2023
Do women make as much money as men? According to a new report from Pew Research, the answer is no. Titled “The Enduring Grip of the Gender Pay Gap,” the report states: “The gender pay gap – the difference between the earnings of men and women – has barely closed in the United States in
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The Myth of Rural “Assistance”1
- Politics, Economics
- March 13, 2023
As the old country proverb goes, “if it’s happened once, it’s damned-shor’ gonna happen again.” Robert Wright’s forthcoming book, New Deals Exposed: How the Miseries of the Great Depression are Being Repeated Today, makes the convincing case that the sort of good-intentioned lunacy which marked New Deal policy failures is happening all over again, as the world
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What Exercise and Economics Have in Common 2
- Politics, Economics
- March 7, 2023
With a background in both studying economics and working in the fitness industry, I can see how the two fields complement each other and together provide a valuable learning opportunity. I’ve found that the lessons I taught my fitness clients in the gym about the well-being of their bodies are similar to the lessons that
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Western Leftists Loved Stalinism and Maoism, Despite Their Horrors 1
- Politics, Economics
- March 1, 2023
I recently had the opportunity to travel to the Texas Tech University School of Law to debate the merits of capitalism versus socialism with Ben Burgis, a columnist for Jacobin and philosophy instructor at Georgia State University Perimeter College. It was a riveting discussion, and I hope students left with not just a better understanding of the horrors
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The Not-So-Great Depression Diet 0
- Politics, Economics
- February 9, 2023
When E.C. Harwood formed the American Institute for Economic Research 90 years ago, the New Deal was just beginning. The Great Depression, though, was over three years old, and it was a hangry, troublesome toddler. For those with a job, or on a fixed income, the Depression was great, because prices sank a great deal.
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Why the American Medical System Is Broken 10
- Economics
- February 1, 2023
Anyone who’s recently visited a hospital in America knows the system is broken. Prices are outrageous, answers are slim, and insurance companies are insufferable. Each time I think about how the medical system in America is terrible, one of the only small comforts is that Canada’s healthcare situation is worse. Still, we didn’t arrive here
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