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Gateway Economist: Have some dignity St. Louis
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Sunday, January 11, 2015. Have some dignity St. Louis. Kevin Horrigan has an excellent rundown. Of the history of the St. Louis Saps, the collective of regional residents who are being asked yet again to lay down millions of dollars at the altar of the NFL. The article is behind some sort of paywall, but be sure to read it if you can. It includes this 1988 quote about the NFL from then-mayor Vincent Schoemehl following the departure of the football Cardinals:. St Charles, Missouri, United States.
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Gateway Economist: Unionization for thee, but nor for me
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Unionization for thee, but nor for me. Look For Union Hypocrisy Label At Media Matters. St Charles, Missouri, United States. I am director of the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise and the Center for Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. All views expressed here are my own. View my complete profile. Web Sites and Twitter. Center for Economics and the Environment. Unionization for thee, but nor for me. More on American oligarchs.
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Gateway Economist: Mor(e)on the VA as a socialist success story
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Saturday, May 31, 2014. Mor(e)on the VA as a socialist success story. Ezra Klein has never impressed me in the least, so this statement of his from 2009. If you ordered America’s different health systems worst-functioning to best, it would look like this: individual insurance market, employer-based insurance market, Medicare, Veterans Health Administration. St Charles, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Web Sites and Twitter. Center for Economics and the Environment.
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Gateway Economist: The fruits of the minimum wage
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Saturday, May 10, 2014. The fruits of the minimum wage. In case you were under the illusion that the minimum wage doesn't affect the employment of low-skilled workers (i.e., if you are an economic illiterate), you should know that McDonald's knows better:. McDonald's hires 7,000 touch-screen cashiers. St Charles, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Web Sites and Twitter. Center for Economics and the Environment. Mor(e)on the VA as a socialist success story. Inequality obsession can kill.
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Gateway Economist: Good policy, properly argued, can win
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Saturday, January 24, 2015. Good policy, properly argued, can win. Scott Walker, Republican governor of Wisconsin, has been touted by some as presidential timber. Back in November, Rich Cromwell argued that Walker is what the country needs. In 2016. The argument included this assessment of Walker's electoral chances:. Not exactly. Is he a particularly charismatic speaker? No, he isn’t. But does he sit upon a throne made of the skulls of his enemies? Yes, yes he does. St Charles, Missouri, United States.
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Gateway Economist: The lesson from the VA scandal
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The lesson from the VA scandal. Spells out the lessons from the performance of VA hospitals, as described by a doctor. In today's Wall Street Journal:. People who can’t be fired and who know that no matter what they do their organization will continue to exist inevitably become self-serving. This is the moral hazard of government funded bureaucracies. See my earlier post. For a similar sentiment. St Charles, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Web Sites and Twitter.
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Gateway Economist: Rams' stadium plan is corporate welfare at its worst
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Saturday, January 10, 2015. Rams' stadium plan is corporate welfare at its worst. But here's his conclusion:. St Louis is being asked to pay dearly for the prestige of remaining an NFL city, so I think Peacock described his stadium plan accurately when he called it a “crown jewel.” A jewel can sparkle and make its owner feel good, but it’s hardly a productive use of half a billion dollars. I'll add two things for now:. St Charles, Missouri, United States. View my complete profile. Web Sites and Twitter.
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Gateway Economist: Inequality obsession can kill
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Saturday, May 31, 2014. Inequality obsession can kill. Megan McArdle has an interesting article ( Would You Pay $84,000 for a New Liver? St Charles, Missouri, United States. I am director of the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise and the Center for Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. All views expressed here are my own. View my complete profile. Web Sites and Twitter. Center for Economics and the Environment. Mor(e)on the VA as a socialist success story.
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Gateway Economist: Perhaps the plutocrats ARE in charge
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Sunday, April 20, 2014. Perhaps the plutocrats ARE in charge. If one were so inclined, it would be pretty easy to connect some dots and come up with a story about how a couple of billionaires have bought themselves a president who is willing to risk natural and human disasters in return for campaign cash:. Billionaire Dem environmental activist Tom Steyer vows “efforts to defeat Keystone will continue”. Warren Buffett Cashes In on Railroad Tank Cars. Accidents Surge as Oil Industry Takes the Train.
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Gateway Economist: More on American oligarchs
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Sunday, April 27, 2014. More on American oligarchs. Oligarchy in the Twenty-First Century: Think rich conservatives rule the world? St Charles, Missouri, United States. I am director of the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise and the Center for Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. All views expressed here are my own. View my complete profile. Web Sites and Twitter. Center for Economics and the Environment. Unionization for thee, but nor for me.
