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Economics

The Tyranny of Controls: Part 2

Kurt Jaros | March 28, 2012 | Economics

This is part of a series on Milton Friedman’s “Free to Choose.” In my previous post I explained why the government should not regulate tariffs due to their harmful consequences toward consumers and innovation. This is part five of a series on Free to...

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Kurt Jaros is the Executive Director of Defenders Media.

Who is Art Carden?

Jacqueline Isaacs | March 23, 2012 | Economics

If the name “Art Carden” sounds familiar, you may be one of the hundreds of thousands of people who have watched his Learn Liberty videos produced by the Institute for Humane Studies on YouTube. In addition to his YouTube habit, Dr. Art Carden is an...

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Jacqueline Isaacs

Jacqueline Isaacs is the Director of Strategy for Bellwether Communications, where she crafts content strategies for thought leaders.

Economic Recovery and Helping the Working Poor: Is Unionization the Answer?

Alexis Hamilton | March 20, 2012 | Economics

Andrew Rosenthal’s recent blog post discussing the decline in the jobless rate from 9.1 pecent last summer to 8.3 percent in February suggests that a “new labor movement” could improve the lives of the working poor in the service industry. Rosenthal begins his post by...

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Alexis Hamilton

Alexis Hamilton is a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina and The University of Georgia School of Law.

Distribute Away!

Joy Pullmann | March 19, 2012 | Economics

I promised to check back in and relay the discussion my book club had over distributism as we talked about G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries. The discussion was rather short. We all felt we needed more information and felt suspicious of how the idea would work...

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Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist.

Book Review: Boom and Bust

Faith and Public Life | March 16, 2012 | Economics

Friend of Values and Capitalism, Travis Thomas, wrote a review of Boom and Bust on his blog. Here’s an excerpt: Usually numbers scare me, especially large numbers accompanied by an array of economic terminology. I usually deactivate the systematic theology part...

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Book Review: Free to Choose

Faith and Public Life | March 15, 2012 | Economics

Kurt Jaros is walking us through Milton Friedman’s “Free to Choose.” Below are the links to each of his pieces. Free to Choose: Introduction This Christmas I asked for and received “Free to Choose” by Milton and Rose Friedman. I’ve been a...

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