Defining Ideas by topic: Economics: National

May 8, 2012
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Higher Education for All?

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The federal government needs to rein in the business of making student loans.
May 1, 2012
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Beyond Austerity

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
We must liberalize labor markets, not rely on macroeconomic “fixes.”
April 10, 2012
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My Primer for Obama

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
On the differences between Social Darwinism and laissez-faire economics.
March 22, 2012
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Importing China's Economic Model

by Ying Ma
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America's dangerous love affair with state capitalism.
March 13, 2012
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Is Women’s Empowerment a Bureaucratic Imperative?

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The European Union considers gender quotas in corporate boardrooms.
February 20, 2012
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The Oil Market Panic

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Politicians on both sides of the aisle must embrace the principle of laissez-faire.
February 8, 2012
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In Land, Straight Lines Make For Square Deals

by Gary D. Libecap (Sherm and Marge Telleen Research Fellow and Cochair, Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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How a 1785 law set the stage for strong property rights in America.
January 17, 2012
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Death by Wealth Tax

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
Egalitarian impulses will sink our struggling economy.
January 10, 2012
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Elizabeth Warren’s Sloppy Progressivism

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The Senate candidate needs a crash course in wealth creation.
January 5, 2012
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Why Do Nations Fail?

by Daron Acemoglu (member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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As Arab dissidents know all too well, it has to do with how societies are politically organized.