All Posts Tagged With: "Survey of Income and Program Participation"
What’s Wrong with the Poverty Numbers
Robert Murphy teaches economics at Hillsdale College and is an adjunct scholar at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan.
Last fall the U.S. Census Bureau released its annual report on poverty in the United States. The report indicated that the number of people below the official poverty line had risen from 32.9 million [...]
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Where There’s a Will There’s a Way?
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Will Medical “Reform” Cut Real Costs?
It seems that the so-called health care “reform” bill will become law soon enough. (President Barack... Read More
The Welfare State Kills Children
On February 22 a court in suburban Washington, D.C., passed judgment in one of the most horrendous cases... Read More
Government as Consumer
Destutt de Tracy, as I discussed last week, was a French economist whom Thomas Jefferson did his utmost... Read More
Profits, Losses, and Structural Change
A recurring economic theme of President Obama’s election campaign and presidency has been that previous... Read More
