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• Recycling Labor
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  Charles W. Baird | Thursday, April 1, 1999
  In 1998 Boeing and MCI WorldCom, to mention only two, announced plans for massive layoffs. Boeing actually cut 48,000 jobs. Throughout 1998 there were many announcements of intended mergers—for example, Exxon with Mobil and Chevron with Shell—most of which included plans for substantial job cuts. Total layoff announcements in the United States in 1998 exceeded […]
• AOC’s Baseless Accusation That the US Is a “Brutal, Barbarian Society”
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  James D. Agresti | Sunday, May 3, 2020

  Contrary to AOC’s portrayal of the USA as “a brutal, barbarian society for the vast majority of working-class Americans,” the key facts that inform this matter show that: the lone statistic she used to support this allegation is false, and that middle and even low-income Americans have more material resources to weather COVID-19 than the majority of people in most developed nations.

• How Useful is the “Unemployment Rate”? Five Humans Who Don’t “Count”
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  Laura Williams | Thursday, September 12, 2019

  The official “unemployment rate” in the US is nearing historic lows, according to a recent announcement. For young readers, especially, this may come as a surprise. You may see your friends and family struggling to find enough well-paying work to make ends meet, and you may have personally experienced the frustration of wanting a job but not finding one.

  Your experience may not be as out of the ordinary as the official numbers indicate.

• What Nearly Killed Liberalism
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  Sheldon Richman | Friday, October 19, 2007
  The shifting meaning of the word liberal in the direction of statism has been analyzed often. But a few years ago Anthony de Jasay wrote a short comment on the matter that deserves attention. For Mr. de Jasay, the problem is not merely terminological. As he wrote in “Liberalism, Loose or Strict” (The Independent Review, Winter 2005), while political ideas such as nationalism and socialism have had foundational principles, “Liberalism, I maintain, has never had such an irreducible and unalterable core element. As a doctrine, it has always been rather loose, tolerant of heterogeneous components, easy to influence, open to infiltration by alien ideas that are in fact inconsistent with any coherent version of it. One is tempted to say that liberalism cannot protect itself because its 'immune system' is too weak.” His statement does seem to explain why liberalism has taken many forms over the centuries. More . . .
  
  

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• Anthony de Jasay on Limiting Power
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  Sheldon Richman | Friday, May 4, 2007
  Anthony de Jasay, an occasional contributor to this site and The Freeman, is a refreshing political thinker. His classic, The State, asks questions few have asked since Thomas Hobbes assured us that swapping freedom for security under Leviathan was a slam dunk. De Jasay never fails to challenge his readers. Leave it to him to ask, “Is limited government possible?” More . . .
  
  

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• The Goal Is Freedom: Anthony De Jasay on Limiting Power
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  Sheldon Richman |
  Anthony de Jasay, an occasional contributor to this site and The Freeman, is a refreshing political thinker. His classic, The State, asks questions few have asked since Thomas Hobbes assured us that swapping freedom for security under Leviathan was a slam dunk. De Jasay never fails to challenge his readers. Leave it to him to ask, “Is limited government possible?” More . . .
  
  

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• Homeschooling to College and Career
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  Kym Kent | Tuesday, August 5, 2025
  Kym Kent, a veteran homeschooler and director at the eXtend Homeschool Tutorial, guides parents through a student-centered journey—starting with elementary and middle school foundational skills, navigating the mental and emotional challenges (“the Head Game”) of high school homeschooling, and crafting a strong high school transcript that supports college and career success. She emphasizes using diverse educational […]
• Finding Utility in the Dark Economy—and Mitigating Its Dark Side
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  Caleb Larson | Sunday, December 5, 2021

  Not everything on the dark web is malicious or illegal.

  In fact, the United States government is among its many users.

• COVID Policies Drive National Debt to All-Time Record for Highest Portion of US Economy
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  James D. Agresti | Thursday, June 18, 2020

  As with the recent debt increases from the COVID-19-related laws, the national debt has been mainly driven for the past 60 years by social spending, or government programs that provide healthcare, income security, education, nutrition, housing, and cultural services.

• Native Americans Loved Private Property
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  Terry L. Anderson | Monday, October 10, 2016

  On Indigenous People’s Day, let’s stop promoting simplistic myths about Native Americans as the “original conservationists” and start recognizing their rich institutional heritage that encouraged resource conservation.