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Think Twice Before Extending Unemployment Insurance
During a recent weekly address, President Obama called for Congress to reinstate jobless benefits (affecting 1.3 million Americans) for three months. According to Obama, unemployment insurance is a “vital economic lifeline,” and without it, the economy will slow for...
Downton Abbey Makes a Powerful Case for Economic Freedom
Though often taken for granted in the contemporary Western world, the standard of living that we enjoy did not always exist. In fact, it didn’t exist a century ago. In an article for Forbes, Brian Brenberg, Professor of Business and Economics at The King’s...
Event: The Moral Case for Addressing America’s Fiscal Crisis
America’s federal debt has topped $17 trillion. Should this be cause for concern or indifference? Is it finally time to take action? Or can we continue to pass the issue on to future generations? As many at our blog have written, this is fundamentally a moral...Is Data Exploitation Proof that Markets Don’t Work?
My husband and I have an ongoing disagreement over our grocery store’s loyalty program. Personally, I don’t like selling my buying habits in exchange for coupons for things we buy regularly. He thinks it’s a worthy trade. Ultimately, I see nothing nefarious in grocery...
Is a College Degree Necessary for a Good Job? Not Always.
