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Should policy be judged on its intentions or its outcomes?
Should we persist with policies like increased minimum wages and 'Ban the box' laws because their intentions are noble, or do we junk them because their outcomes are harmful?...
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The ‘working rich’ pay a disproportionately large share of income taxes, Sen. Klobuchar, that’s why income tax cuts ‘disproportionately’ benefit them
A tax cut is going to 'disproportionately' benefit 'the rich' because they pay a 'disproportionate' share of the taxes. ...
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Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 4/12/19
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota...
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Review: The Highwaymen
The story of Bonnie, Clyde, their victims, and the men who hunted them down, finally gets a proper telling. ...
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The point of the energy industry is to produce energy, not jobs
The point of an energy industry is to generate energy, not to generate jobs. If it was, we could hire people to stand in front of wind turbines blowing at them to make them turn faster. The effect on ...
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