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Professor Shawn Ritenour: The Vital Role Of The Entrepreneur In Economic Development

2023-04-12

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2023-04-12

Entrepreneurship is well-defined in economics, and well-recognized as the engine that drives economic growth. That means people enjoying greater well-being, including but not limited to material prosperity. But economic growth can be uneven. Some countries, some regions, and even some firms do not generate the same levels of economic growth as others. How do we understand this variability? We look for what holds entrepreneurship back....

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Do We Need a “National Divorce”? It’s Not a New Idea

2023-04-12

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2023-04-12

News reports have been studded in recent weeks with talk of a “national divorce.” Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been the face of the national divorce movement, but she is hardly alone in her view that Republican and Democrat states need to go their separate ways. For example, a March poll of American adults found that 20 percent of respondents favored splitting the country up along red and blue lines. At the state level, too,...

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The World War Boom and ’46 Bust: Why War Does Not Keep Us Out of Recessions

2023-04-11

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2023-04-11

When I took my high school’s twentieth-century world history class, both the teacher and workbooks claimed repeatedly that World War II took us out of the Great Depression. Why would anyone question this? After all, unemployment went down. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured the unemployment rate from 1929 onward. In 1939 the unemployment rate stood at 17.2 percent. By 1942 it was at 4.7 percent, and by 1944 it was at 1.2 percent. Professor...

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The Current Farm Bill Fraud: Government as Usual

2023-04-11

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2023-04-11

The 2018 Farm Bill is due to expire this year, and US lawmakers have already begun working out the next version. This food-related omnibus bill was introduced ninety years ago as a “temporary” measure during the Great Depression. It’s been reauthorized by Congress every five years since, and recent ones cobble together two seemingly unrelated programs, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called food stamps, and federal...

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Chapter 2: Economic Theory

2023-04-10

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Part I: Economics, Chapter 2: Economic Theory How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by  John Quattrucci.

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Chapter 5: Production and Entrepreneurship

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Part II: Market, Chapter 5: Production and Entrepreneurship How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by John Quattrucci.

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Chapter 1: What Economics Is

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Part I: Economics, Chapter 1: What Economics Is How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by  John Quattrucci.

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How to Think about the Economy: A Primer Audiobook

2023-04-10

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2023-04-10

How to Think about the Economy was written to accomplish something big: economic literacy. It is intentionally kept very short to be inviting rather than intimidating. You will gain a life-changing understanding of how the economy works in practically no time. Narrated by John Quattrucci. Download the complete audiobook (12 MP3 files) in one ZIP file here. This audiobook is also available on Soundcloud and via RSS.​ Purchase the Audiobook on...

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Chapter 8: Monetary Intervention

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Part III: Intervention, Chapter 8: Monetary Intervention How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by John Quattrucci.

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Chapter 6: Value, Money, and Price

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Part II: Market, Chapter 6: Value, Money, and Price How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by John Quattrucci.

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Chapter 4: A Process, Not a Factory

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Part II: Market, Chapter 4: A Process, Not a Factory How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by  John Quattrucci.

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Chapter 9: Regulatory Intervention

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Part III: Intervention, Chapter 9: Regulatory Intervention How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by John Quattrucci.

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Conclusion: Action and Interaction

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Conclusion: Action and Interaction, How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by John Quattrucci.

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Chapter 7: Economic Calculation

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Part II: Market, Chapter 7: Economic Calculation How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by John Quattrucci.

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Dedication

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Dedication to How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by  John Quattrucci.

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Chapter 3: How to Do Economics

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Part I: Economics, Chapter 3: How to Do Economics How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by  John Quattrucci.

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Preface

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Preface to How to Think about the Economy: A Primer. Narrated by  John Quattrucci.

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Invading Mexico in the Name of the Drug War Is a Really Bad Idea

2023-04-10

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Following the violent attack on Americans in the Mexican border city of Matamoros in early March, South Carolina Republican senator Lindsey Graham stated that he was prepared to get tough and introduce legislation to set the stage for US military intervention in Mexico. The move would be a significant escalation in the long-running war on drugs that has been raging under the auspices of the United States for many decades to the dismay of many Latin...

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How Australia and New Zealand Helped Provoke and Escalate the First World War

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Every year on April 25, Anzac Day is observed in Australia and New Zealand. It originally commemorated Australians and New Zealanders who served and died during the First World War. It has since become a day of remembrance for all Australians and New Zealanders who have served and died in military conflicts. One can understand the desire to mourn the dead. However, the loyalist nature of the commemorations—military and government figures are...

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The Great Reset: Mises in Birmingham

2023-04-10

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2023-04-10

Students apply for an admission scholarship here. In recent years, Americans have suffered from the horrors of covid tyranny, government-directed corporate censorship, and now our current banking crisis. The global elite have never been more obvious in their intentions for the greater control over society. Their aim is further consolidation of power and wealth into the hands of radical ideologues and to transform almost every aspect of human...

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