The Unbroken Window

In California, apparently our enlightened bureaucrats, no doubt with the aid of established corporate farming interests, protect all Americans from evil, illegal fruit. What makes fruit evil and illegal? Well the size of course!
This will enable handlers to continue to ship fresh nectarines and peaches in a manner that meets consumer needs, increases returns to […]

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I noticed recently that Progressive is offering customers free insurance for their dogs if they sign up for auto insurance with the company. The insurance I imagine pertains only to injuries that dogs might sustain while in the car of their owners. Why might Progressive offer this benefit to their customers?
Insurance markets are characterized by […]

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The mean center of population for the United States has moved steadily southward and westward since our Nation’s founding. For example, in 1790, the center of U.S. population was in Kent County along Maryland’s Eastern Shore. By the start of the Civil War it had moved to Pike County in South Central Ohio. The center […]

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It is a well-known fact that union membership and coverage has declined substanially over the 20th century. For exampe, in 1973 nearly a quarter of all wage and salary workers were unioin members (it was far higher in earlier years - for example it seems to have hit 37 percent in 1960, but the data […]

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I was in Chicago on a cold and snowy day when I saw the de-icing trucks coming down Michigan Avenue. They looked strange, like fuel tankers, and not the salt-trucks I am used to seeing here in New England. As it passed by, I noticed a sign on the side that read, “Beet Juice.”

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