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Trump Shouldn’t Fix Social Security, He Should Free People From It

Cato Institute co-founder Ed Crane has always said that freedom is the answer to any question about economic growth. If people are free they’ll have all the prosperity they could ever want.  Crane’s view of the world is something President Trump should embrace. In the next four years all manner of economists and budget […]

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An Easy Fix For Social Security Hides In Plain Sight

It turns out back-scratching is a profession. And a well-paid one at that. So is sleeping, videogame playing, and college sorority consulting. As automation and globalization continue to lay waste to the backbreaking work of the past, jobs associated with the most specialized of skill sets are exploding. It’s a beautiful development on its

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Social Security Will Morph Into UBI When No One Needs Either

Social Security is in the process of morphing into “universal basic income” (UBI). The previous statement isn’t an endorsement of UBI, as much as it’s a prediction about what’s going to happen. Is this a good development? The view here is that it’s a bad one, and not because people will cease working. Instead,

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