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Daily Archive for December 9th, 2013

Does Government Schooling –> Economic Growth? And a Darwin-Worthy “News” Story

Posted in Education, Politics, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Dec 9th, 2013

Readers should be on alert, this is me confirming my biases. I am sure, too, that this research is only the case in Eastern Europe, never could imagine the same result holding here in the good ol’ U.S.S. of A.  I found this interesting in light of last Friday’s post. School, what is it good […]

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Minimal Evidence?

Posted in Economic Illiteracy, If I Really Hated the Poor ..., Politics, Regulation, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Dec 9th, 2013

Last week, former CEA Chair and current Harvard economist Greg Mankiw points us to yet another rhetorical flourish by the Commander in Speech: The CEA Fact Checkers Miss One In his speech yesterday, President Obama said, Now, we all know the arguments that have been used against a higher minimum wage. Some say it actually hurts low-wage […]

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