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There are now over 5,000 Walmart stores across the United States, serving mostly low-income households. (Walmart)

July 2, 2018

Walmart a Boon for the Hungry

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Proximity to Store Improves Food Security, Reduces Cost of Living

Fergus Hodgson

The National Association of Foreign Student Advisers estimates that three US jobs are supported and created for every seven international students enrolled. (Cumminsr)

June 15, 2018

Fewer International Students a Loss for America

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High Fees, Red Tape Hamper Job Creation, Competitiveness

Fergus Hodgson

Advocates for the minimum wage forget that (1) a low-paid job is better than no job, and (2) low-wage workers are often acquiring useful experience, a stepping stone to better opportunities. (Fibonacci Blue)

June 3, 2018

What Minimum-Wage Advocates Ignore

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Businesses React by Reducing Payrolls, Cutting Benefits, Increasing Automation

Fergus Hodgson

Turo lets you rent luxury cars at much lower rates than conventional providers. (Michael Sauers)

May 30, 2018

Car-Sharing App Shows Why Peer-to-Peer Is Unstoppable

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Turo Lets Idle-Car Owners Earn Passive Income

Paz Gómez

Government regulation is not the only way; consumer-driven incentives can also protect the environment. (Geralt)

May 15, 2018

Let Consumers Combat Global Warming

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Replace Burdensome Income Taxes With Carbon-Tax Swap

Paz Gómez

Even if countries such as China, North Korea, and Russia fudge numbers, no other developed country comes close to the US incarceration rate. (Pixabay)

May 6, 2018

America Need Not Be the Incarceration Nation

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Over-Criminalization Makes Everyone a Potential Felon

Fergus Hodgson

History is full of examples of technological progress hurting established firms. (Slon)

May 3, 2018

Creative Destruction: The Proof Is in the Pudding

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Airbnb, Uber Might Themselves Become Obsolete in the Future

Paz Gómez

Salt Lake City and Provo exemplify the positive effects of Utah's tax and labor policies. (Elizabeth Haslam)

April 26, 2018

Utah Once Again Shows the Way to Prosperity

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Less Government Expenditure, Lower Tax Rates Increase Economic Growth

Paz Gómez

US sugar program kills three confectionery-manufacturing jobs for each sugar-growing and harvesting job saved. (OpenDemocracy)

April 20, 2018

The Sugar Cartel versus the American People

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Farm Subsidies a Major Source of Crony Capitalism

Paz Gómez

Yale University recently changed the federal code of its economics programs to add the STEM recognition. (Pixabay)

April 10, 2018

5 Reasons Why Economics Deserves STEM Recognition

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Mathematically-Oriented Discipline Offers Students 21st-Century Skills

Paz Gómez