Economics

AOC’s Pitch for the Green New Deal Is Unhinged From Reality 0
- Economics
- March 5, 2020
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently gave an impassioned pitch for her “Green New Deal” on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. After stating that her opponents were misrepresenting the legislation, she read the full text of it into the Congressional Record and claimed that the reason it is “so, so controversial” is “because for years we have prioritized the
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Reexamining Free Trade Through the Lens of Coronavirus 0
- Economics
- March 4, 2020
Free markets are notable for their efficiency. Over the course of time, they reward greater specialization that yields more production at a lower expense. Markets gave us the assembly line, overnight delivery, and lower prices for necessities like food and clothing. Appeals to efficiency also figure prominently in the defense of free trade. This is
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Do You Live in a Sunshine City or a Sinkhole City?0
- Economics
- February 28, 2020
Truth in Accounting has released its 2020 report on the Financial State of the Cities, which ranks the fiscal friendliness of the 75 most populous cities in the country according to their Taxpayer Burden or their Taxpayer Surplus. Here’s how the nonprofit fiscal watchdog group describes how it determines whether a city imposes a burden on
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Exposing the Roots of Globalism 0
- Economics
- February 27, 2020
What are the real roots of globalism, the ideology of the party of Davos, transnational corporations, of many U.S. Democrats, and their counterparts in Europe and elsewhere today? First, a definition. “Globalism” is one world government run on the basis of democratic socialism and world citizenship. From the globalist perspective, all of world history is
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The Scale of the Chinese Lockdown 0
- Economics
- February 26, 2020
The official death toll from the Covid-19/coronavirus now stands at over 2,500 people. There are over 80,000 cases worldwide. The people I’ve talked to about this epidemic fall into two camps. Those in the first camp say that this needs to be put into perspective, the number of people who die each year from the
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Fidel Castro Did Not Give Cuba Literacy or Better Healthcare 0
- Economics
- February 25, 2020
On CBS’ 60 Minutes, Senator Bernie Sanders recently praised the achievements of communist Cuba. An interviewer asked him about his 1985 comments that Cubans supported communist dictator Fidel Castro because he “educated their kids, gave their kids health care, totally transformed society.” In response, Sanders defended those comments, by stating that when “Fidel Castro came into office, you know
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