Why We Need Acquisitions and Why Khan’s Concerns are Bad for Business

– May 28, 2023

“Antitrust cases cost a great deal of time and money, and yet Lina Khan asserts that FTC will be looking more closely at M&As both past and present — and this assertion should be of concern to any entrepreneur and any corporate investor.” ~Kimberlee Josephson

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We Are Measuring Inflation All Wrong: Non-Housing Inflation is Very Low

– May 28, 2023

“Lagged OER and rent overstated inflation by more than two percentage points over the past ten months – raising it to 3.3 percent from 0.6 percent.” ~ Alan Reynolds

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Dr. Seuss, Philosopher Extraordinaire

– May 27, 2023

“It happens that, 75 years after Seuss wrote it, Thidwick turns out to be a good metaphor Western democracies.” ~ Bruce Rottman

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What accounts for America’s life expectancy gap?

– May 26, 2023

“A large portion of the gap (but not all of it) is due to unique features of American life that are unrelated to health care services.” ~ Vincent Geloso

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The (Big Labor) Empire Strikes Back in Michigan

– May 25, 2023

“Labor unions prefer to obtain all their dues through the easy method of coercion. They hate RTW statutes because they give disaffected workers an escape hatch.” ~ George Leef

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A Sick (Pay) Policy that Redefines Work

– May 24, 2023

“To the extent that these app-based companies are about matching unused resources, no matter how small, to those who want to employ those resources, this policy undermines the most beneficial aspect of the sharing economy.” ~ Anthony Gill

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Without Economic Freedom, None of the Others Matter

– May 19, 2023

“Forbidding entrepreneurial ventures that have not been granted prior approval and design review by unelected officials is, practically speaking, state ownership of the means of production.” ~ Paul Schwennesen

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Taylor Swift, Turn Your Wrath to Government!

– May 17, 2023

“The entity that Taylor Swift and her legion of fans are turning to save themselves from a predatory monopoly that engages in shifty pricing is itself a predatory monopoly that engages in shifty pricing.” ~ Anthony Gill

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More Self-Interested Union Altruism

– May 17, 2023

“Whenever someone claims an altruistic reason to support a policy, but it clearly advances their narrow self-interest, the latter effect can explain such support, regardless of whether it helps or even hurts the supposed beneficiaries.” ~ Gary M. Galles

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Modern Mercantilism: A Case for Free Trade

– May 16, 2023

“Global free trade helps both consumers, via lower quality-adjusted prices, and taxpayers. Walking into a Walmart to buy goods I want for dollars I earn at work does not leave me, or the nation, worse off, even if those goods originated in another country. ” ~ Stefan Bartl

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A Bottom-up Approach to Governing the New Generation of AI

– May 8, 2023

“Embracing a bottom-up approach of governance, though not perfect, is the best strategy to ensure that the benefits of AI become a reality without endangering the important values we cherish.” ~ Michael N. Peterson

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Adam Smith v. Wesley Jones

– May 7, 2023

“It is long past time Americans saw through the multiple misrepresentations that have defended the Jones Act’s nothing-for-something restrictions for over a century, including twisting Adam Smith’s logic into a false endorsement of its enormously costly restrictions.” ~ Gary M. Galles

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