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Mises Daily
Author:
Tom Lehman
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A recent article in the Wall Street Journal is a perfect example of how bad economic arguments in support of good ends can be easily twisted and used to confuse the general public (Gwendolyn Bounds, “ Argument for minimum-wage boost ,” 7/27/04, p. B3). When we engage in poor reasoning and faulty economic logic in support of a noble cause, we can
Mises Daily
Author:
B.K. Marcus
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Gilligan’s Island is now out on DVD , reawakening the unanswered questions of childhood: Why does the Skipper let Gilligan help with anything when he knows he’ll just screw it up? Why did the movie star take a day cruise in an evening gown? Why did two of the richest people in the world board a dinky boat with the hoi polloi instead of leasing a
Mises Daily
Author:
Shawn Ritenour
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Recently Tom Lehman lamented one of the frustrations free market economists often face when reading economic journalism: opposing bad policy for the wrong reasons.One of the earliest memories I have of feeling this pain was in college and reading that the first President Bush wanted a decrease in the capital gains tax because it would result in