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Category Archives: Economics
Lifting up the lazy, shiftless and criminally inclined
Robert Weissberg writes: Americans seem to have an irrepressible urge to uplift the bottom—the lumpenproletariat, to use a fancy word– no matter how daunting the mission. The federal government has spent billions since the mid-1960s (e.g., AmeriCorps) with scant success. … Continue reading
Whites are 63% of America’s population but 81% of its workforce and they dominate high IQ jobs
I’m shocked at these statistics. I would have thought blacks and hispanics would dominate America’s high IQ jobs. Different average IQ levels for different groups would account for most of the differences. REPORT: Data from the U.S. Census supports this … Continue reading
The Decline Of America’s Middle Class
From comments to Steve Sailer: * Ezra comments: Speaking of MSM obliviousness, heres a long WaPo feature about the decline of the American middle class. Now, it goes w/o saying that immigration is never mentioned as a possible reason. That’s … Continue reading
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‘Buy The Toxic Assets!’
I enjoy listening to Econ Talk by my former UCLA professor, Russell Roberts, the famed economist who helped inspire my conversion to Orthodox Judaism. Roberts is a model interviewer. Listening to him reminds me of all the long talks we … Continue reading
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Companies Like Uber Offer Less Opportunity For Graft
In my experience, taxis are hideously expensive. To take a taxi from 90035 to LAX with no traffic will cost you about $30. To take Uber will cost you about $20 and you will be more likely to get an … Continue reading
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Why Are We In This Mess?
George Gilder told Dennis Prager yesterday: “We have capital flight from the United States and human capital flight…moving to more attractive investment environments. This is the wrong time to go over the fiscal cliff in January, rescinding President Bush’s good … Continue reading
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Do High Taxes Raise More Money?
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Depending On Government Vs. Depending On Yourself
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Money, Power And Wall Street On Frontline
Watch the three hours and 47 minutes of four total shows here. I love PBS Frontline. I think it tends to be fair and to be journalistically solid. The show does have a definite pro-regulation bias. Whether it is tackling … Continue reading
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Tagged cell phone towers, fannie mae and freddie mac, goldman sachs, pbs frontline, pbs show, u s treasury
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The Power Of Profit
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