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Welfare is Key to Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

Mar 26, 2015

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The Atlantic: Welfare Makes America More Entrepreneurial A common perspective among political conservatives, especially of the libertarian and Tea Party varieties, is that welfare is a drag on economic growth and a disincentive to initiative. Paul Ryan wants a safety net and not a safety hammock. Some libertarians don’t even want the net. It would…

Think Progress exaggerates child hunger by 8,000%

May 3, 2014

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in Poverty, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Just Facts Daily: Think Progress exaggerates child hunger by 8,000% … However, instead of reporting the facts of this important issue, a number of influential media sources are greatly exaggerating the problem. One of these sources is Think Progress, which ranks among the nation's top-15 political websites. In a recent article, Alan Pyke, the Deputy…

Economics Links

Apr 30, 2014

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1. Huffington Post: Financially Speaking — Are We an Illiterate Nation? … Champlain College's Center for Financial Literacy released its '2013 National Report Card,' which quantifies what states are doing to promote financial literacy in the classroom. Only seven of 50 states surveyed came away from the study with an "A" rating. That's right, a…

Economics Links

Mar 24, 2014

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1. AEI – James Pethokoukis: What MinuteClinics and Google Fiber teach about crony capitalism … Andy Kessler explains how established Internet service providers are trying to block Google from deploying Google Fiber, its superfast, gigabit broadband service. His solution: “The FCC can change this overnight. Instead of allowing municipalities to dictate onerous terms and laws…

Economics Links

Mar 5, 2014

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1. Quartz: Globalization really means countries just trade with their neighbors 2. Business Insider: Europe's Share Of Global Profits Is At A 28-Year Low 3. USA Today: Europe widespread corruption 'breathtaking' … Meanwhile, the report, which was the first published by the EU to detail people's perceptions of corruption in the union, also said that…

Economics Links

Dec 6, 2013

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1. Poor and Middle Class Incomes Have Increased Significantly "… Using this more sophisticated cost-of-living adjustment, which is preferred by the Congressional Budget Office and Federal Reserve Board, the increase in median household income was not 5 percent but 16 percent from 1979 to 2012. In 2007, like 1979 a peak in the business cycle,…

Economics Links

Oct 21, 2013

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1. Timothy Taylor (The Conservable Economist) has several interesting graphs on The Global Wealth Distribution 2. Britain Just Privatized Its Mail Service at a $1 Billion Discount The largest initial public offering in Europe in more than two years could have been even larger. The privatization of the Royal Mail, in which around two-thirds of…

Americans’ 90% tax rate

Feb 12, 2013

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in Poverty, Public Policy

CNN: Americans' 90% tax rate One of the challenging features of poverty aid is to avoid creating disincentives toward achieving self-sufficiency. … Take a hypothetical single mother of two, Jane, earning $18,000 a year. Earning an additional $1 will increase Jane's actual cash available to spend by just 12 cents. How can this be? The…

A Conservative Case for the Welfare State

Dec 27, 2012

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New York Times: A Conservative Case for the Welfare State … Moreover, there are sound reasons why a conservative would support a welfare state. Historically, it has been conservatives like the 19th century chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck, who established the welfare state in Europe. They did so because masses of poor people create…

True Progressivism: Inequality and the world economy

Oct 15, 2012

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Economist: True Progressivism: Inequality and the world economy A new form of radical centrist politics is needed to tackle inequality without hurting economic growth … Does inequality really need to be tackled? The twin forces of globalisation and technical innovation have actually narrowed inequality globally, as poorer countries catch up with richer ones. But within…

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