It’s a debate as old as politics itself, but now we may finally have a winner. Or at least a loser. The finale to the age-old argument over the state’s proper role in the economy is playing out before our very eyes as a trifecta of headline-grabbing misfortunes dumps cold water on the leftist belief that greater government intervention in the market leads to greater prosperity. Because economies are so complex and dynamic, and statistics so easily manipulated, both socialism-loving liberals and laissez faire–leaning conservatives have long been able to find evidence to support their respective philosophies ...

August 17 2017

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The Left’s Brutally Obvious Economic Failures

Greg Jones

It’s a debate as old as politics itself, but now we may finally have a winner. Or at least a loser. The finale to the age-old argument over the state’s proper role in the economy is playing out before our very eyes as a trifecta of headline-grabbing misfortunes dumps cold water on the leftist belief that greater...

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End the Violence

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