In a recent post, I posited unemployment insurance should be reformed to offset the minimum wage for new small businesses hires. Please continue in comments to help me brainstorm. This is a “free stimulus,” because it uses current unemployment payments
The Greek Comedy that is playing out in Europe shows the tremendous impact one man can have on the world in his lifetime. The fellow we owe an attaboy and backslap is Nobel Prize winner Robert Mundell, who I’d argue
Arianna once again has her panties in a bunch, and I’m the libertarian brave enough to reach in and fix them. Yes, it’ll drive Huffington into spastic frenzy. But, this is not a reason to subsidize the minimum wage. David
If there’s anything that should convince China to become more capitalist, and put less faith in socialism, it is American progressives. Yesterday Matthew Yglesias’ head shook violently and he barked out like Paul Krugman with Tourette’s : …you could start
Slate’s Jacob Weisberg came unhinged on Friday and gave the country the finger. “Down with the People!” he screams from Bill Gates lap. As Jacob sees it, we the people are demanding two mutually exclusive things: premium government services and
The ugly truth about the health care debate can be summed up by the nightmare created by reality television: non-union actors (who we call “scabs” during strikes) are threatening the long standing system by jumping into the pool without regard
Janeane does it for me. I’ll admit it. She’s spunky but malleable, and I like malleable spunky… so I’m going to tax her less. Let me be frank, the Hollywood is liberal vibe is a shallow truism. It is shallow
