Economics

St. Paul’s Rent Control Experiment Is Increasingly Disastrous 0
- Economics
- March 18, 2022
In November, FEE Policy Correspondent Brad Polumbo wrote about a new policy in St. Paul, Minnesota which stood to implement the strictest rent control policy in the United States. “The city just approved a rent control measure that will limit landlords’ ability to increase rents on its 65,000+ rental properties,” wrote Polumbo. “They will not
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Harvard Medical Prof. Says the Government’s Pandemic Response ‘Failed Miserably’0
- Economics
- February 8, 2022
Dr. Stefanos Kales, a professor of medicine at Harvard University, has joined the chorus of voices who are saying the government’s response to the pandemic was a mistake and public health officials should shift to a policy of protecting the vulnerable. “I think what we saw is the danger of turning over public policy and
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Dems Reject Work Ethic, Embrace Freeloaders 0
- Economics
- December 29, 2021
The Democratic Party used to call itself the party of working people and hail the “dignity of work.” No more. Now Democrats want to guarantee people who choose not to work an income funded by the suckers who do the right thing by showing up for work, caring for their family and paying taxes. Fortunately,
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Why Your Son Should Reconsider College 1
- Economics
- November 18, 2021
A young friend of mine is in his last year of high school and asking the age-old “what do I do with my life” question. Most average high school seniors would be settling on their final liberal arts college choice right now—more concerned about the climbing wall in the student center and the cafeteria entrees
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I Was Fired From My Teaching Job for Refusing to Get Vaccinated 0
- Economics
- November 2, 2021
Until recently, I was a California teacher working in two charter schools, one as a full-time classroom teacher of Government/Economics and sometimes U.S. History, and the other as a part-time independent study teacher who assists families with a program primarily based around homeschooling. I have taught for about five years and love teaching. Last week,
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Lifestyles of the Rich and Paranoid 0
- Economics
- July 16, 2021
What do super rich people with multi-million dollar summer homes in the Hamptons and similar enclaves think about today’s troubled, often violent politics? Frank answers are seldom forthcoming given that an impolite answer might invite social ostracism and exclusion from A-list parties. But actions often speak louder than words, and a recent article in AVENUE
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