Brazil was rocked last week by a deadly shootout in a high school in Suzano, a suburb of Sao Paolo. Two former students armed with a gun, crossbows and axes killed nine people and then committed suicide. Continue Reading… The …
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Americans Are Still Confused About What Socialism Actually Is Steven Greenhut, Reason Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin used the motto, “Land to the peasants, peace to the nations, bread to the starving.” Sounds good, right? Continue Reading… The post PowerLinks 03.20.19 …
Economists agree: Don’t raise the minimum wage to $15
When it comes to policy choices, professional economists are famous for being overly circumspect. President Harry Truman once complained, “Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, ‘on one hand . Continue Reading… Related posts: 5 Facts about National …
China rewrites the Bible
It’s no secret that as the Chinese economy enters a slowdown, the Chinese government has been taking an ever-more authoritarian approach towards virtually every aspect of life in the People’s Republic. Continue Reading… Related posts: Chinese Government Destroys Church; Denies …
National healthcare can’t fail if there are no goals
As the Brexit debacle monopolizes UK news, the government quietly released a consequential announcement: The National Health Service (NHS) is considering repealing requirements that emergency rooms in England treat or release patients within four hours. Continue Reading… Related posts: The …
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American Colonists Had a Modern Monetary Theory of Their Own Stephen Mihm, Bloomberg Opinion They didn’t realize it at the time, but this group of dour Puritans had effectively invented a crude forerunner of MMT, though they would have probably …
The person at the center of the economy
When we think about economics we can tend to immediately focus on mathematics, data, and graphs, but at its core economics is the study of human action in a marketplace. Economics is a human science. Continue Reading… Related posts: Be …
Who was St. Patrick?
Did St. Patrick really drive all the snakes out of Ireland? Was he ever canonized a saint? Was he even Irish? In this short video Timothy Paul Jones answers those questions and more. Continue Reading… Related posts: Timeline Toward The …
Is higher education ripe for creative destruction?
The recent revelations of a nationwide college admissions and testing bribery scheme have met with a variety of reactions. There have been conversations about fairness and privilege in admissions practices. There have been expressions of lack of surprise, cynicism, or …
What did the Christchurch mosque shooter believe? Inside the mind of a collectivist killer
As Muslims gathered for Friday prayers, a shooter livestreamed himself entering the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, and killing 41 people with a semiautomatic weapon. He then drove to the Masjid mosque in nearby Linwood, where seven …
How to make America smart again
Over the past week America has been fascinated and appalled by the latest college admissions cheating scandal. Much of the attention has been focused on the bribing of coaches to get kids into school with fake athletic credentials. Continue Reading… …
National health care topples a Nordic government
Failure to reform the national health system has led the government to collapse in one of the most statist governments following the Nordic model. Prime Minister Juha Sipilä of Finland and his cabinet members have resigned after failing to rein in the nation’s …
