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Burnt Toast, Stoics, and Finding Growth in Small Frustrations
It was a brutal winter in New England. Many mornings, I got out of bed to fire up our …
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Burnt Toast, Stoics, and Finding Growth in Small Frustrations
It was a brutal winter in New England. Many mornings, I got out of bed to fire up our snowblower and tackle the latest round of snow. When the wind w…
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Mega-Events, Minimal Returns: The High Cost of Hosting Global Spectacles
Every few years, political leaders promote sporting mega-events such as the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup as engines of economic growth, prom…
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You Can’t Plan the Next Play-Doh: Unexpected Discovery Drives Tomorrow’s Jobs
The drive to bring jobs back to American soil is a compelling political instinct. But soundbites aside, Washington’s campaign to engineer domestic em…
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Permission to Earn a Living: History, Economics, and the Ethics of Occupational Licensing
Where occupational licensing exceeds genuine public safety needs, it substitutes centralized judgment and political privilege for the preferences of …
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Why Market Success Breeds Market Skepticism
Recently, as I sat in my small undergraduate economics class, another student raised his hand to share a thought about the current state of markets. …
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April Fools for America First? Higher Prices and New War
If April Fools has a patron saint in politics, it may be the candidate who promises lower costs and less war, then delivers the reverse on both. Just…
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Permission to Earn a Living: History, Economics, and the Ethics of Occupational Licensing
Where occupational licensing exceeds genuine public safety needs, it substitutes centralized judgment and political privilege for the preferences of …
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