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Posts by Nicholas Freiling

Nick Freiling is Founder/Director of Haven Insights, a DC-based market research firm. He studied Austrian economics at Grove City College and George Mason University.

What the Election of 1920 Tells Us About 2014

Nicholas Freiling | November 13, 2014 | Politics

What the Election of 1920 Tells Us About 2014

When Senator Warren G. Harding accepted the Republican nomination for President on June 12, 1920, the nation was facing a terrible economic recession. The inflation of the war years had sparked high employment and booming industry when the fighting subsided. Until...

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Nicholas Freiling

Nick Freiling is Founder/Director of Haven Insights, a DC-based market research firm.

A Libertarian Approach to the Ebola Epidemic

Nicholas Freiling | October 21, 2014 | Politics

A Libertarian Approach to the Ebola Epidemic

Many government critics are up in arms about the fact that the feds “allowed” a Dallas nurse to board a plane while experiencing Ebola symptoms. Some point to Obama’s proposed cuts to the CDC in 2012 that would have harmed their efforts to combat Ebola now. Others,...

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Nicholas Freiling

Nick Freiling is Founder/Director of Haven Insights, a DC-based market research firm.

The Key to Achieving “Lift-Off” for the Poor

Nicholas Freiling | March 21, 2014 | Poverty

The Key to Achieving “Lift-Off” for the Poor

In a recent column, New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof relays the story of 3-year-old Johnny Weethee. Johnny was deaf as an infant, but no one noticed until he was 18 months old—too late to restore his hearing with timely medical care. He now struggles to speak....

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Nicholas Freiling

Nick Freiling is Founder/Director of Haven Insights, a DC-based market research firm.

Minimum Wage: An Obstacle to Meaningful Work for the Most Vulnerable

Nicholas Freiling | February 6, 2014 | Economics

I work for a company that sells products and services manufactured and delivered by people with disabilities. We don’t employ such people directly, but we work every day on their behalf. As you can imagine, this is not always easy. In fact, sometimes it can seem like...

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Nicholas Freiling

Nick Freiling is Founder/Director of Haven Insights, a DC-based market research firm.

Why More Immigration Doesn’t Mean Less Jobs

Nicholas Freiling | February 3, 2014 | Politics

More immigrants means more cheap labor, which makes finding work even harder for millions of unemployed Americans. So say Ann Coulter and other conservatives who are beating back against a growing Congressional consensus in favor of looser immigration policy. If we...

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Nicholas Freiling

Nick Freiling is Founder/Director of Haven Insights, a DC-based market research firm.