Economics

When Reparations for Slavery Become Just Another Welfare Program 0
- Economics
- August 21, 2020
The idea that former slaves and their descendants ought to receive reparations for the wrongs committed against them is not new. Having grasped the fact that slavery is nothing less than kidnapping and theft committed against the enslaved, abolitionists long advocated for some form of redress for freed slaves. The most famous early attempt to
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The Most Violent Demonstration Ever to Occur at the White House 0
- Economics
- August 21, 2020
After months of violent demonstrations – especially in New York, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Portland – many Americans might not want to learn of yet another. This one, however, dates back long before any living person’s memory and ranks as the worst ever on the grounds of the White House in Washington. The issue, believe it or not, was a
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Uber and Lyft Are Shutting Down All Operations in California 0
- Economics
- August 19, 2020
This Friday, Uber and Lyft are set to entirely shut down ride-sharing operations in California. The businesses’ exit from the Golden State will leave hundreds of thousands of drivers unemployed and millions of Californians chasing an expensive cab. Sadly, this was preventable. Here’s how we got to this point. In September of 2019, the California
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Hand-In-Hand: Bad Programs, Wasted Money, and Our Government 0
- Economics
- August 18, 2020
Ronald Reagan once famously said, “I think you all know that I’ve always felt the nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” That baseball team of words should continue to terrify us. When we look at government failures in the last 50 years, the list
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When Half Of NYC’s Tax Base Leaves And Never Comes Back 0
- Economics
- August 18, 2020
The separateness in New York, and by extension much of the nation curled around it from America’s eastern edge, stands out. There are the hyper-wealthy and there are the multi-generational poor. They depend on each other, but with COVID who needs who more has changed. It’s easy to stress how far apart the rich and
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Cuba Loosens Restrictions on Private Businesses to Battle COVID-19 0
- Economics
- August 14, 2020
Over the past decade, Cuba’s private sector has experienced slow-but-steady growth thanks to a mix of entrepreneurial grit and incremental policy changes. Although the Communist government continues to waffle on the scope and duration of various restrictions, the number of self-employed Cubans has risen from 150,000 to 600,000 since 2010 – that is, until the
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