In the past two decades the Internet has come to be a dominant part of people’s lives. For work, pleasure, communication, and countless other uses, the Internet is an indispensable tool to many individuals. Without it, much of the information-based civilization that has been built up would stop working the way we are accustomed to.
A new book by French economist Thomas Piketty on “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” has recently caused a major stir on the opinion pages of newspapers and magazines. Piketty has resurrected from the ash heap of history Karl Marx’s claim that capitalism inescapably leads to a worsening unequal distribution of wealth with dangerous consequences for human society.
Today, more than any time, arguably, since the Great Depression, the prospects for improved housing outcomes are dimming for both the American middle and working classes. Not only is ownership dropping to twenty-year lows, there is a growing gap between the amount of new housing being built and the growth of demand.
Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Featured · Liberty · Regulation
In 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[...]
Budgets/Taxes · Economics · Featured · Liberty · Regulation
There 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[...]
Environment/Energy · Featured · Politics
The impact of [gas shale basin] development … has the potential to greatly reduce the world’s dependence on oil and natural gas from rogue nations.
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