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Immigration and Crime – What the Research Says – Article by Alex Nowrasteh
Alex Nowrasteh July 17, 2015 ****************************** The alleged murder of Kate Steinle in San Francisco by illegal immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez has reignited the debate over the link...
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Economic Growth Slashed Global Poverty to Historically Unprecedented Level –...
Marian L. Tupy October 6, 2015 ****************************** According to the World Bank, for the first time in human history, “less than 10 percent of the world’s population will be living in...
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On Soda Taxes and Purported Health Benefits – Article by Peter Van Doren
Peter Van Doren October 27, 2015 ****************************** This week, the New York Times editorial board wrote in support of greater taxes on sweetened drinks, citing new research from a team...
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Thanks to “Wiretapping” Laws, Your Cell Phone Is a Felony Machine – Article...
Gary McGath ****************************** The prosecutions are clearly meant to chill free speech In 2006, police in Nashua, New Hampshire, filed charges against Michael Gannon for using a security...
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Good News, Bernie Sanders: Average Workweeks Are Getting Shorter – Article by...
Chelsea German ****************************** Capitalism is letting people choose more leisure Senator Bernie Sanders recently tweeted the following: Fortunately, the gruelingly long workweek...
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CBO: Tangled Web of Welfare Programs Creates High Tax Rates on Participants –...
Charles Hughes ****************************** The dozens of different programs that form our tangled welfare system often impose high effective marginal tax rates that make it harder for low-income...
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How to Break the Link Between Expensive Homes and Good Schools – Article by...
Jason Bedrick ****************************** An innovative school choice proposal Yesterday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation to create an education savings account (ESA) program for students in...
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Oil Prices Too Low? – Article by Randal O’Toole
Randal O’Toole ****************************** Remember peak oil? Remember when oil prices were $140 a barrel and Goldman Sachs predicted they would soon reach $200? Now, the latest news is that oil...
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Globalization’s So-Called Winners and Losers – Article by Chelsea Follett
Chelsea Follett ****************************** A recent Washington Post analysis has argued that political events as diverse as the Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump can be explained by a “revolt”...
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Trump’s Economic Plan Faces Well-Deserved Ridicule – Article by K. William...
K. William Watson ****************************** Earlier this week, the Trump campaign released a white paper written by senior policy adviser Peter Navarro to elaborate and quantify the candidate’s...
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The IRS Believes All Bitcoin Users are Tax Cheats – Article by Jim Harper
Jim Harper ****************************** The Internal Revenue Service has filed a “John Doe” summons seeking to require U.S. Bitcoin exchange Coinbase to turn over records about every transaction of...
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