A few months ago I posted a link to a wonderful John Stossel video on the minimum-wage. But now that Stossel is no longer with ABC, that link no longer works. So here’s the YouTube version. (HT Reuvain Borchardt)
George Selgin’s 1997 monograph (published by the IEA of London) Less Than Zero: The Case for a Falling Price Level in a Growing Economy is now available on-line. What great news! With...
Here’s a letter that I sent yesterday to the New York Times: To combat unemployment, Paul Krugman supports “labor rules that discourage firing” (”Free to Lose,” Nov....
Here’s a thoughtful piece on the merits and demerits of criminalizing insider trading. Among the most common arguments made today in favor of the criminalization of insider trading (as opposed...
Thanks to Carpe Diem’s Mark Perry for reminding us of Milton Friedman’s insights about the (il)logic of employer-provided medical insurance.
Writing recently in the Christain Science Monitor, University of Missouri – St. Louis economist David Rose explains why creating the much-touted “health-care cooperatives” —...