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Mar'16

Bulgaria, The Next 20 Years

First things first. My congratulations to Capital for producing a high-quality weekly for twenty years. That is a real accomplishment, …

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Mar'16

Venezuela’s Playbook: The Communist Manifesto

Venezuela’s downward economic spiral began in earnest when Hugo Chavez imposed his “unique” brand of socialism on Venezuela. For years, …

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Mar'16

Bernanke’s Monetary Mess

Most who have graded Prof. Ben Bernanke’s twelve years at the Federal Reserve have issued marks which range from A …

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Mar'16

The Great Destabilizer

Dr. Karl Schiller, West Germany’s Economics Minister between 1966 and 1972, pithily pronounced that: “Stability is not everything, but without …

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Mar'16

Progressive Trickle-Down in Maryland

Progressives endlessly caricature free-market policies as “trickle-down” economics—giveaways to the undeserving rich with few benefits reaching the poor. In truth, …

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Mar'16

Let the Data Speak: The Truth Behind Minimum Wage Laws

President Obama set the chattering classes abuzz after his recent unilateral announcement to raise the minimum wage for newly hired …

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