Showing posts with label commerce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commerce. Show all posts
Veronique de Rugy: America's Small-Business Fetish
When it comes to job creation, size doesn't matter. On February 12, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) sent a message to his 62,550 followers on Twitter: “Small business is the job growth engine in this country and we need to pursue policies that reflect that reality to create jobs.” Cantor was wrong on both counts. Despite overwhelming conventional ... MOREWashington State To Partially Legalize Home Cooking
by Matthew Yglesias. Details vary from place to place, but the standard legal rule in the United States is that if you want to bake some cookies in your house then you're free to do so. You can also give the cookies you baked to friends, family, and neighbors. You can bring the cookies in to work to share with coworkers. You're also free to exchange the cookies in a wide ... MORE
VIDEO: John Stossel - Illegal Everything - Pt 2
Lobbyists pay politicians to regulate away their competition.
VIDEO: How The War on Drugs Threatens El Paso
US policy is a war on reason. Former El Paso city council member Beto O'Rourke spoke at the Cato Institute's conference, "Ending the Global War on Drugs" on November 15, 2011.
Greg Beato: The Case For Walmart
NY politicians should drop their misguided war. In late November, New York City fired another preemptive strike against the gathering threat of $4 prescription drug co-pays, organic baby food, and eco-friendly laundry detergent. It came in the form of a report entitled Food for Thought: A Case Study of Walmart’s Impact on Harlem’s Healthy Food Retail ... MOREWalter E Williams: China Trade -- Myths vs. Reality
Congress, not China, is causing our unemployment. Republicans and Democrats, liberals as well as conservatives, have bought into anti-Chinese trade demagoguery. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that tariffs against China are a "key part of our 'Make It in America' agenda." During his 2010 campaign, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. ... MORECharles Kadlec: Social Justice, Greed And OWS
Why more liberty, less government is the answer. “It seems to be almost a law of human nature that it is easier for people to agree on a negative program – on the hatred of an enemy, on the envy of those better off – than on any positive task.” Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has provided a rare up-close and personal look at a social ... MOREBob Barr: The War on Gibson Guitars
Owners of vintage guitars beware Are you a guitar owner? More important, do you own a guitar made by Gibson, one of the most well-known American guitar manufacturers? If so, listen up; you may be in Uncle Sam’s cross hairs – as a criminal. Just ask Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitars. Last week, heavily armed federal agents raided two guitar ... MORE
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