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Taxation Versus Efficiency
Richard Jones is a winemaker/writer who built his own house in Sapello, New Mexico. Adam Smith appreciated specialization. In The Wealth of Nations he cited the example of pinmakers. By Smith’s estimate an eighteenth-century pinmaker could produce, working by himself, fewer than 20 pins a day. However, by dividing the tasks involved in pinmaking, and [...]
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JPMorgan Chase and Casino Banking
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Individualism, Trade-Unions, and “Self-Governing Combinations”
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Bubbles, Malinvestment, and Higher Education
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JPMorgan’s Blunder Is No Market Failure
I am not going to try to defend JPMorgan Chase for its recent, widely reported financial blunders. ... Read More
For Equality; Against Privilege
This TGIF originally ran July 7, 2006. The freedom philosophy can be boiled down to two phrases: for... Read More
