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Did Obamacare Really Save Lives?

Blog06/29/2017Robert P. Murphy

The actual data do not support the breathless claims that rolling back ObamaCare will literally kill many thousands of Americans.

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Will Our Grandchildren Work Only Four Hours Per Day?

Labor and WagesPoverty

Blog06/21/2017Ryan McMaken

If capitalists have their way, we may be looking at a future of 20-hour work weeks while producing a higher standard of living.

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Wages and Subsistence

Labor and WagesPoverty

Blog06/12/2017Ludwig von Mises

Labor is appraised like a commodity not because the entrepreneurs are cruel but because they are subject to the supremacy of the pitiless consumers.

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Withdrawing From Paris Agreement Helps the Most Vulnerable

The EnvironmentPoverty

Blog06/08/2017Blaine Conzatti

Higher energy costs mean less money for raising wages for workers, hiring new employees, purchasing more inventory, or investing in capital.

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Why Do Half-Measures Work for Markets, But Not for Socialism?

Global EconomyPoverty

Blog05/31/2017Ryan McMaken

Socialists tell us that socialism won't work unless it's total and pure. Fortunately, even partial and halfway pro-market reforms work quite well.

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We Don't Need to Create Jobs — We Need to Create Value

Labor and WagesPovertyValue and Exchange

Blog05/29/2017Robert Fellner

Wages spring directly from, and are proportional to, the degree in which a job creates wealth by helping to satisfy an unmet need.

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The Trump Budget: Real Cuts vs. the Media Version of "Cuts"

PovertyTaxes and SpendingPolitical Theory

Blog05/25/2017Ryan McMaken

The Trump budget proposes to increase spending on Medicaid by slightly less that what had been earlier proposed. In DC-speak, this is called a "cut."

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Decentralize the Welfare State

Decentralization and SecessionPovertyTaxes and Spending

Blog05/25/2017Ryan McMaken

What if the US welfare state was broken up into 50 pieces and the states dole out all that money to low-income residents instead?

Poverty

Did Obamacare Really Save Lives?

Will Our Grandchildren Work Only Four Hours Per Day?

Wages and Subsistence

Withdrawing From Paris Agreement Helps the Most Vulnerable

Why Do Half-Measures Work for Markets, But Not for Socialism?

We Don't Need to Create Jobs — We Need to Create Value

The Trump Budget: Real Cuts vs. the Media Version of "Cuts"

Decentralize the Welfare State

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