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Successful Entrepreneurs Make the Rest of Us Richer — International Liberty
Back on December 28, I shared four charts for the explicit reason that I wanted everyone to understand that average living standards in the western world have skyrocketed over the past few centuries. I could have used that data to… Read More ›
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Palm Beach County real estate in high demand even though the pandemic
The Palm Beach County real estate market continues its powerful movement; strongly up over 30 percent over a year ago. Overall sales of single-family homes is up 32.8 percent from 2019, while condo sales have seen an even better rise… Read More ›
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Where is Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma?
Chinese billionaire and founder of the Alibaba Group and Ant Group, Jack Ma, has been reported as missing since October 2020, after he openly criticised China’s regulators and its state-owned banks, accusing the Communist government of slowing down innovation. Ma has… Read More ›
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Part I: Poverty Is a Problem, not Inequality
Originally posted on International Liberty:
I have a couple of cameos in a new left-leaning documentary film, Race to the Bottom. I shared a clip two day ago with my views on corporate tax and the Laffer Curve. Today, here’s what I… -
Corporate Taxes and the Laffer Curve
Originally posted on International Liberty:
In a new documentary film, Race to the Bottom, I had an opportunity to pontificate briefly about corporate tax and the Laffer Curve. At the risk of understatement, I represented a minority viewpoint in the… -
DEA shuts down Chapel Hill North Carolina group seeking to enjoy the benefits of the free market system of cocaine distribution, fails to stop supply and demand
Twenty-one people face federal charges because of a taxpayer-funded investigation into the sale of drugs on or near college campuses in North Carolina. The drug trafficking investigation, conducted by a United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) task force and the… Read More ›
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U.S. Space Force space professionals to be known as Guardians
After a yearlong process that produced hundreds of submissions and research involving space professionals and members of the public, U.S. Space Force has shared the name by which we will know them: Guardians. This follows Vice President Mike Pence announcing… Read More ›
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Joe Biden looks to upend credit reporting by adding a government-run ‘public credit reporting agency’
On Joe Biden’s official website, he mentions setting up a public credit reporting agency run by the federal government. In doing so he links to the Demos.org website and their “Signature Policy” which is to create this government-run credit registry…. Read More ›
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As Californians move to more tax-friendly states, it could affect Electoral votes and U.S. House seat
California’s population numbers are changing quickly as many residents are heading out of the state for more tax friendly and lower regulation states in which to live and operate their businesses. It is not natural disasters such as earthquakes or… Read More ›
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Trump’s FDA seeks to deregulate frozen cherry pies, potassium chloride, and French dressing
Under President Trump, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing to revoke the definition and standard of identity for French dressing. This is shortly after proposing easing regulations on identity standards for frozen cherry pies and potassium chloride (a metal… Read More ›
