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Economists Oppose Immigration Because “Dey Took Our Jerbs!”

The Bogus High-Tech Worker Shortage: How Guest Workers Lower US Wages | The Business Desk with Paul Solman | PBS NewsHour | PBS. Don’t let the big words and the scientific sounding rhetoric fool you, this piece by Hal Salzman, … Continue reading

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The “Fair Trade” Myth

“Fair Trade” products have carved out a decent little niche for themselves in the market, and are becoming increasingly popular among guilty white liberals.  Anytime I hear anything described as “fair” my instinct is to immediately become suspicious, as “fair” … Continue reading

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The Slippery Slope Is A Perfectly Valid Argument

It’s happened to all of us at one time or another.  You’re having an argument, calmly and coolly explaining to someone that although a particular policy might not have any immediate negative effects, you still oppose it because you believe … Continue reading

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Educational Fallacies

(Note:  I originally wrote this piece several months ago, when the Chicago teacher’s strike was ongoing.  In true slacker/procrastinator fashion, I held off on posting it, because I was going to submit it to a few sites for publication, which … Continue reading

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“Record Profits” Are Good, Should Be Normal

One of the most oft-repeated canards by socialists when they’re losing an argument is how companies are making “record profits.”  Most of society has been brainwashed into automatically assuming this is somehow a terrible thing that must be quickly remedied.  … Continue reading

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