Tag: government intervention

Why is college so expensive?

January 19, 2024 | Post

To find out why college is so expensive and why student debt has reached crisis point, we need to dig deep into a maze of factors that ultimately leave the government with a lot to answer for.

Grocery aisle garbage vs. free-market wellness: how food subsidies contribute to poor health

October 24, 2023 | Post

Time to peel back the oniony layers of the food industry according to free-market principles. 

Our mission: to understand how market distortions such as food subsidies are contributing to poor health in America.

How the government is fueling the obesity epidemic

May 31, 2022 | Post

There is a more sinister reason for the overlap between junk food and cheap food. Government subsidies of the ingredients that are the hallmarks of unhealthy food are nudging Americans toward junk food and fueling the obesity epidemic.

A global minimum tax rate will stifle competition and hurt consumers

September 4, 2021 | Post

The G7’s recent plan for a global minimum tax rate of 15% is a terrible idea that will hurt consumers and restrict competition.

You Keep Using the Word Capitalism…

June 2, 2016 | Post

We do not think it means what you think it means. There are a lot of polls about what millennials think about capitalism and socialism. According to these polls, millennials like socialism, but not capitalism. But what do they mean by capitalism and socialism? For reference, here are the definitions of capitalism and socialism according […]