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Hiking wages through law is a crowd-pleaser, but it kills employment unless you’re a robot.
California Won't Let Homeowners Insurance Companies Raise Rates, so They're Leaving the State Instead
Giving the state control over insurance rates turned pricing into a Byzantine regulatory process.
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A 10 percent tariff on all imports would trigger more inflation at the grocery store, particularly for products such as fresh fruit and coffee.
Milei To Slash 70,000 Government Jobs To Reform Argentina's Economy
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Steven Pinker: What Went Wrong at Harvard
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Neither presidential candidate is willing to back the reforms necessary to close the gap between revenue and benefits.
The Best of Reason: Don't Let E.U. Bureaucrats Design Americans' Tech
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