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Hiking the minimum wage hurts low-wage workers 0
- December 2, 2017
Every time the minimum wage changes, workers will feel it—for better or worse.
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PERA’s problems demand meaningful reform 0
- October 23, 2017
Change is coming. The citizens of Colorado can choose to be its architects rather than its victims.
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Economic inequality is Public Enemy No. One 0
- September 15, 2017
by Jon Caldara A warning to my friends on the political right: Economic inequality is real. And the blowback from it could blindside us and cause a seismic leap to the left from which we may not return. Or let me try it another way. We’re all feeling it: a political tribalism rippling through the
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Economic Myths and Government Stimulus 0
- September 7, 2017
by Paul Prentice As the human tragedy and economic damage from Hurricane Harvey continue to mount, it won’t be long until several tired old economic myths are trotted out. First among these is what Frederic Bastiat called the “Broken Window Fallacy”. Accountants-disguised-as-economists will point to the so-called economic stimulus from the rebuilding efforts. But the
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Hickenlooper’s climate order based on magical thinking 0
- August 2, 2017
Governor Hickenlooper has ordered a two percent decline in electricity sales and wishes to give state government control of energy pricing and production.
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Corporate favoritism gone wild in Westminster 0
- July 31, 2017
This is where capitalism gets twisted into cronyism, with planners and politicians picking economic winners and losers by granting special privileges in the form of public subsidy.
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