Interventionism

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New Directions in Entrepreneurship Research

BlogJune 25, 2015

It’s a great time to be studying entrepreneurship. Today as never before entrepreneurs are confronted with “grand challenges” both in the marketplace and society more broadly. And despite constant...

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Black Markets in School Cafeterias

BlogJune 25, 2015

Congress and the First Lady teamed up to impose the Healthy, Hungry-Free Kids Act on school children across the country, but news of unintended consequences abound.

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Orwellian Tax Rhetoric

BlogMay 29, 2015

Myths about taxation are just one reason we need good economic reasoning now more than ever.

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Homer Economicus Hits the Bigtime

BlogMay 13, 2015

Homer Economicus is the subject of a question on the TV show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"

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Santelli on Salerno on the War on Cash

BlogApril 24, 2015

Today on The Santelli Exchange on CNBC, Rick Santelli acknowledged CHASE Bank's war on...

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Intervention in One Lesson

BlogApril 24, 2015

The story of intervention is as old as governments and commerce, and even though the details change, the basic narrative stays the same.

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Austrian Theories of Intervention and Entrepreneurship

BlogMarch 20, 2015

For those new to Austrian economics, there are few modern scholars whose work I would recommend more enthusiastically than Salerno’s.

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Walter Block Debates Bill Quigley on Minimum Wages

BlogMarch 17, 2015

The Loyola economics club hosted a debate between economics professor Walter Block and law professor Bill Quigley on the minimum wage. The debate was...

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Microbreweries Craft New Flavors of IP Regulation

BlogMarch 11, 2015

There’s an interesting story in the news about my hometown of Fort Collins, and how its growing craft beer scene is threatened by intellectual property disputes.

The microbrew...

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