Why Amazon’s 20 Finalist Cities Shouldn’t Get Too Excited
Amazon has released its list of 20 finalists to host its second headquarters — and the massive influx of new residents that comes with it. However, although the various city…
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How Bitcoin Is Redistributing Wealth to a New Generation of Innovators
This article was posted originally at the Epoch Times. Normally, the concept of wealth redistribution involves government using force to take from some people and give to others. But the bitcoin revolution is…
This Tweet Perfectly Explains Why Millennials Are Fed Up with Politics
In today’s Washington Examiner, Paul Bedard discusses a fascinating new Harvard study on the political attitudes of the Millennial generation. For me, a Millennial, Harvard’s research amounts to the single-most…
Why Tax Cuts Are a Good Thing — Yes, Even for the Rich
As the political fight over tax cuts ramps up, a new progressive coalition has formed in order “to oppose any effort to cut taxes for the wealthy.” Unfortunately for those…
Banks Are Creating Our Money — And It’s Not Working for the Rest of Us
This article was posted originally at the Epoch Times. The one force that causes the most harm in our economy also happens to be the least well-known and understood. While the…
Seattle Liberals Show Concern for Working Families — By Raising Their Taxes
Seattle will become the 8th city in the United States to tax sugary beverages, after a 7-1 city council vote yesterday. Since soda consumption has become the “crisis du jour”…
How Farm Subsidies Have Become “Welfare for the Rich”
This article is part of series focusing on Lens of Liberty, a project of the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation. During a recent Liberty Minute, “Poor Farmers No More,” Helen Krieble…
New Report: These 2 Cities Have Crippled the US Economy
A new study by University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley scholars Chiang-Tai Hsieh and Enrico Moretti suggests an economic villain shocking to the liberal imagination: San Francisco and…
More Young Men Live with Parents than Wife, Says New Study
A new Census study shows one out of three millennials (age 18-34) are living with their parents. The majority of Americans (55 percent) no longer see getting married or having…
George Gilder: Angry About Inequality? Here’s the Real Culprit… (VIDEO)
George Gilder is most recently the author the ground breaking The Scandal of Money: Why Wall Street Recovers but the Economy Never Does. He is a founding fellow of the Discovery…
Sanders, Trump, and the Pope: Whose Justice Is It, Anyway?
Last Monday, Bernie Sanders spoke to a crowd at the largest Christian evangelical school in the world. While his honest speech and the reciprocating respect of the Liberty University students…
Rand Paul Slams Fed for Favoring Big Banks, Wealthy Americans
It’s no secret that Senator Rand Paul is not the Federal Reserve’s biggest fan. Paul has been steadfast in his support for Audit the Fed legislation, and, as we have…
Hillary Abandons Income Inequality
Had you tuned in to Hillary Clinton’s hour-long speech on economics yesterday in order to learn the specifics of how she intends to achieve “strong growth, fair growth and long-term growth,”…
Carly Fiorina Matches Bush’s Four Percent Growth Goal
Last month, Jeb Bush promised 4 percent economic growth during his official presidential candidacy announcement. On ABC’s “This Week” yesterday, Carly Fiorina also affirmed that “4 percent growth is a…
Chris Christie and Jeb Bush Show Real Leadership By Tackling the Fed
Recent statements by two presidential aspirants, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, indicting the Fed for its role in inhibiting job creation, causing wage stagnation…
NYT: Marriage Drives Economic Inequality
For Valentine’s Day, The New York Times offers this essay by Andrew Yarrow, noting how marriage makes people economically better off, and how the decline of marriage among the non-college…
