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Young People Punished by Harsh Internship Law
This article originally appeared in MarketWatch.With Labor Department rules preventing companies from offering unpaid internships, many employers, including publisher Condé Nast, are ending the...
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I Was Right About the ACA
Teaser: Four years into the ACA, it is remarkable how well our predictions have been borne out. Below I will resurrect but five of my own specific predictions about the ACA, contrast them with what...
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US Laws Keep Immigrants Off Welfare
Teaser: Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman famously quipped, “You can't have free immigration and a welfare state.” Despite the children pouring across the southern border, America’s welfare...
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The Demonization of CO2
Teaser: Much has been said about the problems posed by CO2 entering the atmosphere. However, some evidence suggests it might not be as bad as all that.Since 1989, we have been told that climate change...
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Raising the Minimum Wage Still Won't Solve Poverty
Teaser: Raising the minimum wage might lift a few people out of poverty. But many others would lose their jobs or get hit with higher prices.Raising the minimum wage will not solve poverty, e21 argued...
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Piketty's Cure for Income Inequality Hurts the Poor
Teaser: Thomas Piketty’s best-selling “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” has given policy makers and pundits a renewed excuse to call for the redistribution of wealth and higher taxes. But it is...
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Portuguese Bank Crisis Is the Tip of the Iceberg
Teaser: The Portguese crisis over Banco Espirito Santo should be a reality check for European markets. Espirito Santo is just the excuse--real problems lie far deeper.This article originally appeared...
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Affirmative Discrimination: Do Racial Preferences Help Minority Achievement?
Teaser: Affirmative action has been around for decades. But what is its track record on actually helping minorities?The following is an excerpt from Jason L. Riley's new book, "Please Stop Helping Us:...
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Beyond the Courthouse Countdown for Federal Health Exchanges
Teaser: The last round of oral argument in the most serious legal challenge to Obamacare’s insurance coverage subsidies ended over three months ago. Now the courthouse watch for a final ruling in the...
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Drivers Should Pay For the Roads They Use
Teaser: The Highway Trust Fund, which has a projected 10-year deficit of $172 billion, is due to run low in July, and if nothing is done the administration will have to reduce funding for states for...
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CBO and OMB Differ Dramatically in Debt Projections
Teaser: Growing federal debt still looms large over long-term budget projections. On Tuesday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its 2014 Long-Term Budget Outlook, which showed higher...
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Inflation Vacation
Teaser: Price increases are happening all around us, but you wouldn't know that from government-calculated inflation numbers.This article originally appeared on National Review Online.A lot of people...
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Bureaucracy Stands In the Way of Medical Innovation
Teaser: A miracle drug can cure Hepatitis C without side effects. But complex rules and restrictions may keep it from those who need it.A patient suffering from severe pain and cirrhosis resulting from...
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Misguided Policies to Achieve Fed's Dual Mandate
Teaser: The Fed is close to hitting its inflation and unemployment targets. So why is it so afraid to tighten up the monetary spigot?With the Federal Reserve just a stone's throw away from achieving...
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Fed Takes One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Teaser: Monetary policy has been out of alignment for some time now -- intentionally so, as FOMC Chair Yellen confirmed during her recent testimony.Monetary policy has been out of alignment for some...
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Obama Dances Around Serious Transportation Fixes
Teaser: As Congress mulls over a temporary patch for the Highway Trust Fund, President Obama is addressing infrastructure construction with his Build America Investment Initiative. The initiative is...
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An Entrepreneur with an Appetite for Success
Teaser: Hungry office workers in DC can get lunch at $6 a day with guaranteed 20 minute delivery, thanks to innovative entrepreneur Asad Yusup, founder of MunchQuick.Last Tuesday, I realized that I had...
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Europe Is Not Out of the Woods
Teaser: Many have compared the Eurozone to Bretton Woods. In a new paper, Michael Bordo proposed a better analogy.The recent Eurozone crisis has all the hallmarks of a repetition of history. A regime...
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Why Obamacare Ruling Means More Than It Seems
Teaser: Tuesday’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has the potential to eviscerate the Affordable Care Act by disallowing premium subsidies for those enrolled in the 36...
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Dual Equities Pricing System Would Be A Boon to Job Creation
Teaser: The U.S. initial public offering market is back. What has not recovered, however, is the number of new and smaller companies going public. Of the 165 IPOs so far this year, less than 7 percent...
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