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Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you've been following climate science, you know…
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We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels…
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However, the fact that an economist offers a theoretical analysis does not and should not automatically command respect. What is needed is…
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The economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth.
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The problem isn't that people don't understand how good things are. It's that they know, from personal experience, that things really aren't…
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People respond to incentives. If unemployment becomes more attractive because of the unemployment benefit, some unemployed workers may no longer try to…
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Generous unemployment benefits can increase both structural and frictional unemployment. So government policies intended to help workers can have the undesirable side…
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Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is…
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I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough…
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In fact, I'd say that the sources of the economy's expansion from 2003 to 2007 were, in order, the housing bubble, the…
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Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group…
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It should be possible to emphasize to students that the level of employment is a macroeconomic issue, depending in the short run…
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If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually…
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I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union and that…
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Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for…
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Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.
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There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue…
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They [American forces] are there as an expression of the American national interest to prevent the Iranian combination of imperialism and fundamentalist…
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Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group…
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In some cases, in order to protect global issues some sacrifice for national interest is worth it in the long run. Global…
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For the United States, supporting international development is more than just an expression of our compassion. It is a vital investment in…
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I'm oftentimes asked, What difference does it make to America if people are dying of malaria in a place like Ghana? It…
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It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.
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