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Economics

How Millennials Can Avoid the Glue Factory

| November 4, 2014 | Economics

How Millennials Can Avoid the Glue Factory
There was one type of employee that was essential to the Industrial Revolution—until it wasn’t. Everyone interacted and depended on this hard worker, whose number peaked at 3.25 million in England alone by 1901. Yet by the 1920s, their number had been cut in half...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.

5 Classic Science Fiction Novels that Celebrate the Free Market

| October 1, 2014 | Economics

5 Classic Science Fiction Novels that Celebrate the Free Market
In my last post, we discussed a recent, fallacious claim that classic science fiction from the 20th century was monolithically anti-free market. As I would assume is common knowledge, the anti-statism triumvirate of George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” Aldous...
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Jacqueline Isaacs
Jacqueline Isaacs is the Director of Strategy for Bellwether Communications, where she crafts content strategies for thought leaders.

A Tale of Broken Windows and Fallen Trees

| September 3, 2014 | Economics

When discussing an earlier article about sunk costs with an acquaintance, he expressed agreement about how important, and yet, little understood this topic was. He told the story of an experience he had at work where he wished he had been equipped to explain to his...
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Jacqueline Isaacs
Jacqueline Isaacs is the Director of Strategy for Bellwether Communications, where she crafts content strategies for thought leaders.