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A Rural, Waldorf Microschool Gets Shut Down By State Regulators
Ariel Maguire gathered together with other moms in her rural area of the Big Island of Hawaii to create a…
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Air Pollution Has Plummeted in the U.S. Over the Last Half Century
Earlier this month, as wildfires ravaged Canada, the Northeastern United States experienced heavy air pollution problems from the smoke. The…
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California Is Trying to Pass a Law That Would Stop Employees From Confronting Shoplifters. Here’s Why It Would Be a Disaster
Thomas Baltimore Jr., the chairman and CEO of Park Hotels and Resorts, announced earlier this month that his company would stop paying…
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Capitalism Is Not Just about Stuff
“As I understand an economy, its ultimate purpose is to produce more consumer goods. This is the goal. This is…
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Lincoln Steffens: The Muckraking Journalist Who Exposed Corruption in US Cities—but Was Seduced by Lenin’s Bloody Revolution
A century ago, the American journalist Lincoln Steffens visited the land of Lenin (the Soviet Union) and famously pronounced upon…
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Is the Unemployment Rate a Deceptive Statistic?
This week for Ask an Economist, I have a question from retired CPA, Nicholas G. He asks, “why is so…
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How Thinking about Money as Time Can Improve Your Life (and Financial Decisions)
What is money? If you live in the United States, you probably think of money as dollar bills. People in…
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Why Energy Is Becoming Less Reliable—and Less Affordable—All Around the World
In the book Green Tyranny—a fantastic history of the environmental alarmism movement—author Rupert Darwall lays responsibility for the beginning of this…
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How the Minimum Wage Forced Me into an Unpaid Internship
They say there’s two things you learn in a co-op program. What you love to do, and what you don’t…
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The Real Reason State Farm Won’t Sell Home Insurance in California Anymore
State Farm announced last week it will no longer accept homeowner insurance applications in California , where it has long been a leading insurance…
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