Topic: Free Markets

Every Flaw in Consumers is Worse in Voters, Part Deux

– December 27, 2022

“A ‘good’ industrial policy is impossible in a democracy. Progressives who want industrial policies don’t have that position only because they mistrust markets. Progressives mistrust democracy, and always have.” ~ Michael C. Munger

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Holidays of Luxury

– December 25, 2022

“Market economies fuel incredible prosperity and the holidays provide useful examples of how we are better off today than a few decades ago. Consider the Christmas gifts and decor of years past, once deemed luxuries, now everyday goods.” ~ Laura Williams & David Waugh

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What if New Coke Had Been a Government Program?

– December 23, 2022

“Would our lives be better were land, labor, and capital still tied up making New Coke and Crystal Pepsi? People have voted pretty overwhelmingly and answered ‘no.'” ~ Art Carden

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On the Need to Theorize Carefully

– December 22, 2022

“Theorizing usefully about trade and other economic phenomena isn’t especially difficult, but doing so does indeed require care, wisdom, and humility.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

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Progressives Love Suppressing Votes–But Not the Way You Think

– December 21, 2022

“Suppressing people’s votes in the marketplace for the benefit of those who think themselves entitled to a comfortable life at another’s expense, or for those who really know what is good for other people, does not help the suppressed voters.” ~ Art Carden

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Not Enough Pizza

– December 20, 2022

“It’s hard not to be sad about the passing of old, personalistic cultural tropes. But entrepreneurs exploiting microphone technologies on digital platforms are going to wipe out most of them. And it’s just as well, because we could never make that much pizza.” ~ Michael C. Munger

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America’s at a Crossroads: Liberty or State Control? | Samuel Gregg & Kate Wand (Video)

– December 19, 2022

“In this episode of Liberty Curious, Kate Wand sat down with Samuel Gregg, Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy and Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute for Economic Research, to discuss how to repair what’s broken with the American economy.” ~ AIER

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Reputation Works Better Than Regulation: Why Demand Should Determine Prices

– December 19, 2022

“As consumers, we must remember that in a market-based system, consumers determine what is of value, what is demanded, and what is consumed. To maintain such authority, we would be wise to use our wallets, rather than Washington cronies, to curtail costs.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson

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Overcoming Challenges to Economic Freedom in States

– December 18, 2022

“Until states decide to impose a strict spending limit based on a maximum rate of population growth plus inflation, cut and eliminate burdensome taxes, and scrap burdensome regulations, economic freedom will continue to collapse.” ~ Vance Ginn

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The Many Ways Bad Policy Worsens Your Daily Commute

– December 17, 2022

“Removing sand from the country’s collective transportation gears will also require more imaginative solutions such as congestion pricing, privatization, zoning reforms, and transportation options beyond cars.” ~ Colin Grabow

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Communicating Economics to Young People

– December 15, 2022

“Among the most satisfying of my professional duties as an economics educator is communicating, mostly by email, with students from around the country, and sometimes from abroad, about economics and liberalism.” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

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Economic Freedom Matters for Intergenerational Income Mobility

– December 12, 2022

“The underappreciated role of economic freedom and institutions in the determination of intergenerational income mobility is probably one of the most problematic omissions of the literature on income mobility. ” ~ Vincent Geloso

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