Economics
Lockdowns Make Inequality Worse
“Government intervention in markets further exacerbated the divide between those with higher and lower incomes.” Even policies with the best intentions lead to unintended outcomes. Most people agree that the goal of “flattening the curve” in March was a worthy end, but a careful evaluation of the lockdowns demonstrates that the costs of lockdowns may…
Read MoreThe Case for Ending Price Gouging Laws
In times of crisis, price gouging laws harm rather than help those in need. Rather than being unfair or immoral, a market without price gouging laws better upholds consumer welfare.
Read MoreCost of the Coronavirus Stimulus: Corporatism and Inflation
In an attempt to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, government-enforced shutdowns have crippled the global economy.
Read MoreRecession Reality
By: Gabrielle Etzel Hidden behind the day-to-day political scandals which consume the mainstream media is the impending inevitability of an economic crisis. Although individuals around the world are still reeling from the 2008 financial meltdown, the next recession in America is just around the corner after several years of moderate macroeconomic growth. (The fact that…
Read MoreSocialism Debunked: Dangerous Misconceptions Demystified
Gabrielle M. Etzel is a political science and economics student at Grove City College. Always guided by the truth with analysis, she is a passionate liberty-lover and advocate of free-market capitalism, seeking to bring America back to its constitutional roots. Read all her content at The Unvarnished Blog. Self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made a…
Read MoreCapitalism, Creativity, and Competition
The resurgence of compassionate socialism and the criticism, and even straight out rejection of unfair, evil capitalism. That’s the narrative we’ve witnessed time and time again over the past decade or so. But, to many in our generation, sadly, that’s the perception we hold to be the truth. [See our “Let’s Get Serious about Socialism”…
Read MoreOpportunity Cost
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Read MoreCommunist Manifesto: Marx’s 10 Pt Plan
Understand it so you can defend against it. Or as Ronald Reagan used to say, “How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin.”
Read MoreStories of Success: Charity Re-Imagined
A popular opinion we often hear today is that socialism as a political and economic system is much more effective in addressing the social issues we face today as a society, such as poverty and unemployment.
Read MoreGDP & Economic Freedom
What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? Why does it matter? And how does it relate to economic freedom?
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