Economics

Child Deaths Fall Across the World, No Thanks to Marxism 0
- Economics
- February 19, 2019
It has never been a safer world in which to be a child. According to the UN, in 1950, most of the world had a child death rate (by age 5) of over 20%, while only a few countries, such as the United States, Cuba, Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand, had child death rates
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Marx and Lincoln: Comrades in the Making?0
- Economics
- February 18, 2019
Since Abraham Lincoln is a towering figure in American history, Democrats and Republicans alike seek to cast the man in their own image to support their respective agendas. Both sides might want to be careful with such a move. In reality, Lincoln was far more radical than those on the Left or Right would be comfortable
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Americans Continue to Flee to These Low-Tax States 0
- Economics
- February 15, 2019
According to the most recent Census Bureau data on state-to-state migration flows, 523,000 people moved to California from other states. But at the same time, more than 661,000 Californians moved to other states. That is, on net, nearly 138,000 more people left California than moved into it from elsewhere in the US. Yet, California isn’t the worst
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The False Promise of an ‘Ultramillionare’ Tax 0
- Economics
- February 12, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is running for president in 2020, and she has gained attention for proposing an “ultramillionare” tax: a 2 percent tax on households with a net worth over $50 million and an additional 1 percent on households worth over $1 billion. Warren’s proposal has more popular support than Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) proposal
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How Venezuelans Can Recover from the Sickness of Socialism 0
- Economics
- February 8, 2019
And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works – French economist and statesman Frédéric Bastiat, 1850. Venezuela’s socialist
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How ‘Woke’ Are You on World Poverty?0
- Economics
- February 6, 2019
By now you have probably heard the exhortation “stay woke.” To be woke means a person is “an informed, questioning, self-educating individual” who “look[s] past the provided narrative.” Yet, most among the self-proclaimed woke are still fast asleep. They may have a facile way of imparting narratives about issues, but those narratives are often based
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