Matt Faherty
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EconomicsFeaturedHealth CareLibertyTaxes
A Short Guide to Obamacare
by Matt Faherty September 23, 2013It’s not a national healthcare system. It’s not the free market. It isn’t what we’ve had for the last forty years. So what is Obamacare? Maybe I am too late…
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Minimum Wage and the War Against Economics
by Matt Faherty September 16, 2013In light of the recent “national” strike conducted by 0.09% of fast food workers in the US, many op-eds and commentaries have been penned by economists trying to justify the…
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Environment/EnergyFeatured
Don’t Let the Left Define “Environment”
by Matt Faherty September 5, 2013I live in the best environmental conditions in the history of mankind. Even in Chicago, my air and water is far cleaner than the air and water used by cavemen…
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Americans are a fair people, and therefore support the principle of equal pay for equal work. But study after study has proven that our society falls short of the goal…
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Why We Need Minimum Price Laws Today
by Matt Faherty August 22, 2013There is a serious problem in America today; the epidemic of poverty prices. Across the country, American business owners are being forced by market conditions to sell goods at prices…
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EconomicsFeaturedLegal AffairsLibertyPolitics
Campaign Seeks to Outlaw Low-Skilled Labor in Seattle
by Matt Faherty August 20, 2013Seeking to surpass San Francisco, Seattle residents are trying to establish the largest ban on low skilled labor in the country. Earlier in the year, San Francisco raised its wage…
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Paul Krugman and Detroit, Part 2
by Matt Faherty August 9, 2013In “Paul Krugman and Detroit, Part 1” I discussed the New York Times columnist’s failure to understand why Detroit currently resembles the United States in Atlas Shrugged. But Krugman’s error…
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Paul Krugman and Detroit, Part 1
by Matt Faherty August 6, 2013Detroit was not a victim of the free market, it was built by the free market — but torn down by welfarism, interventionism, and cronyism.