Why We Lost the War on Poverty

Why We Lost the War on Poverty

Take a look at the graph below. From the end of World War II until 1964 the poverty rate in this country was cut in half. Further, 94% of the change in the poverty rate over this period can be explained by changes in per capita income alone. Economic growth is clearly the most effective […]

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The Triumph of Climate Pragmatism

For the better part of two decades, a small group of policy scholars and climate policy advocates have argued that the United Nations’ climate treaty efforts were doomed. Caps on emissions, and other efforts that make fossil fuels more expensive, would fail in world where competitive alternative fuels don’t exist, and where billions of people […]

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The Piketty Fallacy

The upside of economic inequality is that it makes life better for everyone, especially the poor. Right now, our economic prospects look grim. To classical liberals like myself, future growth is unsustainable in an age dominated by progressive politics. There are two reasons for this: an extensive system of regulation of all key sectors of economy—including labor, […]

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 Reviving a FREE Tradition

Reviving a FREE Tradition

Ramona and I greatly enjoy our home.  It began as a log structure built from timbers I cut in the early 1970s.  They were milled a mere mile west of our home site.   I like that. We added to our home over the decades.  Fortunately, Bob Utzinger, former dean of MSU’s School of Arts and […]

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