Very interesting, indeed. ===== WSJ 11/24/2018 By Jason Willick Since election night 2016, liberal pundits have debated whether Donald Trump won because of “economic anxiety” or “cultural resentment.” According to Oren Cass, “these aren’t different things.” The real issue, the Manhattan Institute scholar says, is work. Whether and how people are employed—what their role is in society’s productive system—“is both an economic... Read more
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Antitrust vs Apple
November 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Tax IssuesI am not sure I fully agree, but this article is worth consideration. ====== WSJ 11/24/2018 Technology advances at warp speed these days, but the antitrust bar keeps attempting a switch in time. On Monday the Supreme Court will consider in Apple v. Pepper whether to overturn decades of precedent that supports the digital economy. A decade ago Apple revolutionized software development and... Read more
Your Father is a Realist
November 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Western CivilizationGreat article about immigrants. (I’m one.) ====== WSJ 11/2/2018 I own and rent out 25 mom-and-pop storefronts in Lakewood, Ohio, an inner-ring suburb of Cleveland. About 20% of my tenants are immigrants. I sell them the American dream—a chance to run their own business—and they sell beer, cigarettes, used furniture, and services like dry cleaning and haircuts. The stores are street-level... Read more
How to Make a Living
September 2 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Education, Personal Development, Work worldOne of the best articles on the value of being able to write clearly and concisely that I have read in a long time. ======== WSJ 8/30/2018 As a 20-year-old graduate student in creative writing, I asked a professor how to submit work for publication. “If you’re already worried about publishing,” he said, “you’re not a serious writer.” I was serious—and desperate to learn... Read more
Free Markets; Free Press
May 5 | Posted by mrossol | 1st Amendment, EconomicsWSJ 5/2/2018 By Kevin Brookes And Patrick Déry
Sixty-five journalists were killed while plying their trade in 2017, according to a report from Reporters Without Borders. This was the grimmest detail from the organization’s press-freedom update, which depicts dark times for the media. This Monday, nine journalists were among at least 25 people killed in two bombings...
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