Showing posts with label competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label competition. Show all posts
Brian Phillips: Supply And Demand In Education
A free market in learning. In recent years, it has become increasingly popular to argue that government should be operated more like a business. As an example, a manifesto written by sixteen public school executives explains how to fix public schools: Let’s stop ignoring basic economic principles of supply and demand and focus on how we can establish ... MOREJessica Melugin: Internet Sales Taxes Attack States' Rights
Government intervention kills competition. Proponents of Internet sales taxes are asking the lame-duck Congress to bless their state tax cartel as part of a larger tax reform package by passing the Marketplace Equity Act (H.R. 3179) and its companion in the Senate, the Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 1832). These aren’t your average tax increases, ... MOREArthur C. Brooks: Making A Moral Case For Capitalism
Freedom requires it. Earlier this month in the first presidential debate, Mitt Romney made an unusual argument by modern political standards: that long-term deficit spending is not just an economic issue, but a moral one. "I think it's . . . not moral for my generation to keep spending massively more than we take in, knowing those ... MORESam Patterson: Crony Capitalism Hits Uber Small Business
Suppressing competition for political interests. The upstart car service Uber offers customers in major cities such as
Chicago, San Francisco and Washington a smartphone app to call for a
car. It’s an innovative idea that many residents love, but not everyone
is excited about the new service. The D.C. Taxicab Commissioner declared ... MORE
Walter Galvin: Suppressing Our Economic Power
Should America have the highest corporate tax rate? Sweden may be best known among Americans as home of the Nobel Prize and IKEA but astute politicians would be wise to take a closer look at what this Scandinavian nation is doing economically. Last month, Sweden announced plans to lower its corporate tax rate to 22% from 26.3%. ... MORESteve Chapman: Teachers' Strike Shows Need For Choice
An impediment to innovation, efficiencies and standards. On Monday, Sept. 10, the first day the Chicago Teachers Union
was out on strike, 350,000 public-school students—and their
parents—were left high and dry. But for 52,000 other youngsters
enrolled in public schools, it was just another day of learning.
They attend charter schools, of which ... MOREVIDEO: Real World Effects Of Minimum Wage
John Stossel. Why minimum wage laws have made life more difficult for low skill workers and spelled the end for movie ushers and gas station attendants.
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