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The Washington Post’s Kate Cohen Happens On Her Inner Libertarian

Particularly after presidential elections that invariably get Democrats and Republicans way too riled up, it’s useful to bring Ed Crane into the discussion. Crane is the co-founder of the libertarian Cato Institute, and he’s long argued that a federal government operating within constitutional limits would make it possible for people to go to bed early on election night. […]

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No, Washington Post, Going To War Isn’t a Growth Strategy

Humans don’t take wealth, they create it. And they create it by virtue of dividing up work with other humans and machines. It’s called specialization, and it’s the root of productivity.  These truisms are frequently ignored thanks to economists, and prominent sources of news that shed their common sense when they’re being instructed by

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Yes, Washington Post, Every Family’s Needs Are Different

“If you want to know what raising a family might look like under a Kamala Harris presidency, look to this Rust Belt city.” Those are the words of Washington Post economics columnist Catherine Rampell. Rampell is referencing what she deems “an innovative, pro-family program that has become a key plank of Harris’s economic agenda: giving newborn babies $6,000

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