The Foundation for Economic EducationRent Control Berlin’s Disastrous Rent Control Law Receives Unceremonious Ending fee.org Rent control may be making a comeback in the US, but the controversial policy had an unceremonious ending in Berlin this week barely a year after …
The Foundation for Economic EducationCzech Republic The World’s Highest COVID Mortality Rate Is in a Country You’ll Never Guess. Here’s Why fee.org On March 1, facing the highest COVID-19 infection rate in the world, the Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Andrej Babis introduced what was described …
The Foundation for Economic EducationSalaries & Wages ‘Dirty Jobs’ Star Mike Rowe Just Totally Debunked the Argument for a $15 Minimum Wage | Brad Polumbo fee.org Mike Rowe knows the value of hard work. The former star of “Dirty Jobs” gained notoriety for the Discovery Channel program, which featured him going …
The Foundation for Economic EducationClimate A 75-Year-Old Warning about Those Who Say ‘Listen to the Science’ fee.org - Jon Miltimore On his first day as president, Joe Biden, flanked by a portrait of Ben Franklin, called on the federal government to “advance environmental justice” …
The Foundation for Economic EducationColombia How Columbia’s Crackdown on Uber Is Hurting Their Transportation Industry fee.org - Gina Jozwiak In his essay, “Transportation in the Free Market,” corporate executive Lovett C. Peters complains that, “regulation of transportation is not in the …
The Foundation for Economic EducationHousing How Deregulating Real Estate Markets Can Solve America’s Shortage of Affordable Housing fee.org - Dustin Romney In the early twentieth century, known as the “progressive era,” the United States embarked on a spree of regulatory projects. One such project was …
The Foundation for Economic EducationUnited States Why Salt Lake City Has the Hottest Job Market in the US fee.org - Jon Miltimore Americans were on the move in 2020 despite the presence of the coronavirusAccording to North American Moving Services’ 2020 Migration Report, …
The Foundation for Economic EducationFracking California Just Moved to Ban Fracking—At the Worst Possible Time fee.org Californians often serve as test subjects for progressive policies. With its latest proposed ban, the Golden State may end up serving as a cautionary …
The Foundation for Economic EducationUnited States Why the Captain of the Ever Given Should Get a Medal | Tom G. Palmer fee.org What a brilliant achievement! Supply chains repatriated. Trade deficits cut. Predatory trade reduced. A massive 1,312 foot-long container ship, the …
The Foundation for Economic EducationFinance The Conservative Case for Cryptocurrency fee.org - Max Borders If you listen to defenders of the US dollar, you might get the idea that cryptocurrencies are only good for funding terrorism and hard drugs. And …
The Foundation for Economic EducationSalaries & Wages How One Federal ‘Stimulus’ Program is Crippling Small Businesses and Boosting Monopolies fee.org - Kenneth Schrupp Something is rotten in America’s labor market. A whopping 6.9 million jobs remained vacant as of January 31. Meanwhile, 40% of small businesses are …
The Foundation for Economic EducationFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMiddle East That Ship That Blocked the Suez Did What Tariffs Do Every Day fee.org - Patrick Carroll “For the erection of tariff walls has the same effect as the erection of real walls.” —Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson
The Foundation for Economic EducationFinance 3 Reasons Unionizing Will Actually Hurt Amazon Workers fee.org - Hannah Cox There’s a fierce battle going down in Alabama, and unlike most of the state’s skirmishes, this one does not revolve around football.Instead, the …
The Foundation for Economic EducationDoorDash Millions of DoorDash Customers Hit with ‘Regulatory Response Fees’ After New Laws Totally Backfire fee.org - Brad Polumbo Your wallet may take an extra hit the next time you order dinner via the popular food delivery app DoorDash, courtesy of your helpful local …
The Foundation for Economic EducationGreg Abbott Texas Hits Record Low COVID Cases, 3 Weeks After Lifting All Pandemic Restrictions fee.org - Jon Miltimore On March 2, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was lifting all government restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19.“I just announced …
The Foundation for Economic EducationUnited States Free States Faring Far Better Than Lockdown States in One Huge Way, New Data Show fee.org - Brad Polumbo When COVID-19 first came to our shores, it presented policymakers and elected officials with a crisis like nothing in living memory. In the year …
The Foundation for Economic EducationBusiness (India) India Seeks to Criminalize Cryptocurrencies fee.org - Nicholas Anthony The Indian government is expected to propose a bill that would give cryptocurrency holders six months to liquidate their holdings. Failure to do so …
The Foundation for Economic EducationHousing Multi-Generational Homes Are Making a Comeback. Here’s Why | Hannah Cox fee.org Scott Hatch is a construction inspector in Orange County, California. Hatch always wanted to purchase a home, but struggled to afford the steep price …
The Foundation for Economic EducationMoney 250 Top Business Leaders Just Warned Cuomo: NY’s Tax Hike Proposals Will Have One Huge Consequence fee.org - Brad Polumbo Thanks to the recently-passed $1.9 trillion spending package, the state of New York is set to receive a whopping $23.5 billion in federal bailout …
The Foundation for Economic EducationSalaries & Wages The Granite State Just Voted Against Having Any State Minimum Wage fee.org The latest effort to increase the minimum wage at the state level died recently in the New Hampshire Senate. “New Hampshire currently doesn’t set its …
The Foundation for Economic EducationUnited States Americans Are Wildly Misinformed about the Risk of Hospitalization from COVID-19, Survey Shows. Here’s Why fee.org - Jon Miltimore A recent survey found that more than one-third of Americans overestimate by as much as a factor of ten the probability a person with COVID-19 will …
The Foundation for Economic EducationFinance How a Teacher Went from Making $60k a Year to $336k—and Was Able to Quit His Job fee.org - Jon Miltimore The American marketer and venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki once observed that the best way to make money is by making meaning.It’s a lesson …
The Foundation for Economic EducationFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLatin America Reuters: Cash ‘Disappearing’ in Venezuela Despite Hyperinflation fee.org - Jon Miltimore Venezuela’s printing presses can no longer keep up with the hyperinflation they precipitated.Part of the cash vanishing act appears to stem from the …
The Foundation for Economic EducationDeath of George Floyd Target Announces It’s Abandoning Its Minneapolis City Center Headquarters. Here's Why It's No Surprise fee.org - Jon Miltimore Target Corporation, the eighth largest retailer in the United States, announced in an email to employees on Thursday that it will be leaving the City …
The Foundation for Economic EducationRent Control Rent Control Is Making a Comeback in US Cities—Even as Its Proving a Disaster in Europe | Jon Miltimore fee.org Theresa Dolata’s voice broke when she urged Minneapolis city leaders to support amendments that would give council members the authority to regulate …
The Foundation for Economic Education $15 Minimum Wage Would Have Harsh Consequences for Ohio and West Virginia Workers, New Analysis Finds | Brad Polumbo fee.org A federal $15 minimum wage may have been taken out of Congress's forthcoming COVID-19 legislation, but progressives haven’t abandoned the “Fight for …
The Foundation for Economic Education Walmart and Costco Just Gave Over 400,000 Workers a Raise Despite No Minimum Wage Increase. Here’s Why fee.org - Patrick Carroll Imagine you’re an employee at Walmart. Maybe you’re a single mom working to pay the bills or a teenager looking to get work experience. This past …
The Foundation for Economic Education Learn from the Success of 1945, not the Failure of 2009 fee.org - Daniel J. Mitchell Even though Congress has already added $3 trillion of emergency outlays to the budget in the past 12 months, Joe Biden wants Congress to add another …
The Foundation for Economic Education AOC’s Denmark Comparison on the $15 Federal Minimum Wage, Debunked fee.org - Zilvinas Silenas Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently took to Twitter to once again call for raising the federal minimum wage. She argued that $15 an hour, if …
