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In the News: The Die Harder States 27 Aug 2013 | 02:14 am
Dying in Minnesota just got even more expensive. In addition to a high estate or “death” tax, Minnesota recently started taxing residents on money they give away within three years of their deaths. In...
How the Market Fixes Mistakes 21 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
People aren’t perfect. And because companies are collections of people, they aren’t perfect either. Companies accomplish great feats—just take note of some of the technologies you’ll use today—but the...
In the News: Welfare Can Make More Sense Than Work 20 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm
For some Connecticut welfare recipients, work simply doesn’t pay. The state’s welfare benefits—among the most generous in the nation—can amount to more than an entry-level salary. This reality makes w...
In the News: Why California Can’t Be Home to the Hyperloop 19 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm
Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s vision for the Hyperloop, a new high-speed mode of transportation, could be on a collision course with California regulations. As scientists figure out how to take the idea fr...
In the News: Number of Americans Renouncing Citizenship Surges 16 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
American citizens and permanent residents are renouncing their statuses in record numbers. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, the U.S. tax code may be contributing to this trend. Not o...
In the News: Young Family Ordered to Tear Down Their “Hobbit Home” 9 Aug 2013 | 02:11 am
Charlie Hague and Megan Williams’ whimsical abode, nicknamed the “hobbit home”, looks like something out of the Lord of the Rings universe. Realizing that they couldn’t afford to buy a home for their ...
Learn More About Economic Freedom 8 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
The Charles Koch Foundation recently ran this video as a commercial to share its educational work with the broader public. As a sponsor of Economicfreedom.org, the Charles Koch Foundation works to edu...
In the News: The Rich, and Everyone Else, Get Richer 6 Aug 2013 | 01:12 am
Taking a big piece of cake for yourself means that there’s less to go around for everyone else. Luckily, the economy isn’t a cake, pie, or any other round dessert of a fixed size: Research shows that ...
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch” and other Friedman-isms 31 Jul 2013 | 09:09 pm
Today marks what would have been Milton Friedman’s 101st birthday. Described by The Economist magazine as “the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century … possibly all of it,” ...
In the News: America’s New Foreign Aid: Welfare Fraud 30 Jul 2013 | 02:47 am
Not only is the Dominican Republic a popular destination for vacationers looking to escape, it’s also a hub for New York City’s welfare fraudsters. Instead of feeding their families, some New Yorkers ...
