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Iran's Attack on Israel Provides an Opportunity to De-escalate
Recent Iranian missile strikes on Israel in response to its earlier attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria have escalated the prospects of all-out war in the Middle East. There is an alternative to expanding the war: de-escalation.
Original Article: Iran's Attack on Israel Provides an Opportunity to De-escalate
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California’s Crony Capitalist Minimum Wage Law
California’s draconian fast-food minimum wage law is bad enough, but it turns out a company can avoid the trouble if it has ties to the governor.
Original Article: California’s Crony Capitalist Minimum Wage Law
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A Tale of Two Bureaucracies
Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
Original Article: A Tale of Two Bureaucracies
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Bureaucracy and Grove City College: How One College Resisted the Bureaucratization of Higher Education
Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
Original Article: Bureaucracy and Grove City College: How One College Resisted the Bureaucratization of Higher Education
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Looking Back at the Crossroads: Liberty or Socialism
Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
Original Article: Looking Back at the Crossroads: Liberty or Socialism
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Navigating the Slippery Slope: How Hoover’s Interventions Paved the Way for the Great Depression
One of the great myths of US history is that Herbert Hoover was a laissez-faire president. In truth, he intervened in the economy more than any of his predecessors, creating the crisis known as the Great Depression. His successor made things even worse.
Original Article: Navigating the Slippery Slope: How Hoover’s Interventions Paved the Way for the Great Depression