Adam Smith, Karl Marx and the False Basis of the Minimum Wage
The false concept that workers are exploited by employers forms the basis for demands for a minimum wage. It is …
Category Archives: Economic Education
Nothing has Changed: Future Economic Fundamentals are Still Bad
For many long term readers the above graph is familiar, it depicts to the extent the current economy is being …
Fantasia Meets Reality: Seattle Discovers That the Minimum Wage Hurts the Poor
In discussions regarding the Minimum wage, the left is always marching out stories of single mothers living paycheck to paycheck. …
Dark Moon Rising: Time to Face Economic Reality
There has been a cold wind blowing for some time, a distinct chill hinting at a coming storm. For awhile …
Twilight Zone Economics and the Need to Face Economic Reality
The latest slowing of the economy has the wizards at the Federal Reserve scratching their heads. Blaming the first quarter …
The U.S.; Economic Miracle or Mirage
Anyone who has been a long time reader of The Conservative Mind is familiar with this graph. It is one …
The Languishing U.S. Jobs Market and America’s Untapped Potential
What does the worst economic recovery in the history of the U.S. look like? Taking a look at the chart …
Bubble Bubble is Housing in Trouble?
As U.S. housing prices rise and inventories fall the word on the street is the housing industry is on the …
Beyond Economics 101, Market Distortions
The amount of ignorance that pervades today’s graduates of institutions of higher learning is astounding by any measure. Ideas and …
Wage Waggery, Liberals and the Living Wage
The foolishness of liberals knows no bounds; it destroys what it pretends to build up and hurts those it tries …
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