All Posts Tagged With: "favoritism"
Is Fair Trade a Fair Deal?
Gene Callahan is the author of Economics for Real People. We’ve all seen the signs in our local cafes, boasting something like: “We proudly sell coffee brewed with Fair Trade coffee beans, acquired at a price that permits sustainable farming and pays growers a living wage.” These posters are part of a popular trend in [...]
1Mar2008 | Gene Callahan | 3 comments | ContinuedThe Flat Tax: Freedom, Fairness, Jobs, and Growth
Dr. Peterson, an adjunct scholar for the Heritage Foundation, is Distinguished Lundy Professor Emeritus of Business Philosophy at Campbell University in North Carolina. Mounting taxes push the Tax Foundation’s “Tax Freedom Day” out to May 6, a day when presumably John Q. Taxpayer stops working for government—federal, state, and local—and at last starts working for [...]
1Sep1996 | William H. Peterson | 0 comments | Continued-
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