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Common Sense Economics

The Bud Light Boycott and Clueless Corporate Executives

May 31, 2023May 29, 2023 by Lee Friday

May 29, 2023 – Ryan McMaken …… Bud Light executives thought customers wanted the beer to partner with a “transgender” celebrity. Or executives simply didn’t care what customers thought. In any case, executives are now paying the price.

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How Politicians Use Regulations to Deflect Blame

April 13, 2023 by Lee Friday

April 13, 2023 – Patrick Carroll …… Thanks to their adoring media, politicians create crises and then blame businesses for them. And the political “solutions” are worse than the original problems.

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Why Governments Waste Resources: The Case of Newfoundland’s Joseph R. Smallwood

March 29, 2023 by Lee Friday

March 29, 2023 – Martin George Holmes …… Politicians promise economic miracles, but in the end they waste resources and engage in economic destruction. Newfoundland is a case study.

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How Atheist Anti-Capitalists Miss the Point

February 10, 2023 by Lee Friday

February 10, 2023 – Dan Sanchez …… Why they’re wrong to sneer at the invisible hand and “I, Pencil”

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40,000 Traffic Fatalities a Year Is Not Acceptable. So Why Do We Accept It Year After Year?

January 10, 2023 by Lee Friday

January 10, 2023 – Walter Block …… How many more people must die before we even seriously contemplate the privatization of our nation’s highways?

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Young Montana Entrepreneur Is Being Legally Barred from Hauling Trash Because Established Players Don’t Want the Competition

January 6, 2023 by Lee Friday

January 6, 2023 – Patrick Carroll …… If it sounds crazy that established players get a say on who is allowed to compete with them, well, it should.

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How to Think about Regulatory Intervention

December 11, 2022 by Lee Friday

December 11, 2022 – Per Bylund …… Free-market production, albeit imperfect, is driven by entrepreneurs seeking to profit from serving consumers. Government regulations sever this link to consumers wants.

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Are Progressive “Experts” Fallible? Yes, But Don’t Tell Them That

December 8, 2022 by Lee Friday

December 8, 2022 – Claudio Grass …… Ours is an age of the progressive expert who is usually wrong but is still embraced by progressive politicians, the media, and academe.

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What East Germany Can Teach Americans about the Current Supply Chain Crisis

January 20, 2022 by Lee Friday

January 20, 2022 – Walter Block …… America’s current supply chain problems are unusual. So why do they normally not occur?

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Mandatory Holidays Mean Less Freedom and Flexibility for Workers

December 28, 2021 by Lee Friday

December 28, 2021 – Patrick Carroll …… Workers should have the freedom to take their time off when they need it most. Official government holidays don’t actually mean more time off. They just mean less flexibility.

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