#Inequality/Redistribution argument

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Inclusionary Zoning Is Rent Control 2.0 – Forbes

Rent control is considered by most cities a measure that distorts and inflates housing markets. But many are embracing a similar price control called "inclusionary zoning." Despite prevailing in a few cities, rent control policies have declined across America, for reasons I mentioned in a previous post. They have been found—perhaps counterintuitively—to increase housing costs, Read More

Want to Make Housing Affordable? Ditch Urban-Growth Boundaries | Cato Institute

This article appeared in The Oregonian on March 1, 2016. A lot of terrible ideas are coming out of Oregon this year. Although Portland, Bend and other Oregon cities face housing affordability crises, most proposals to fix the problem will actually make it worse. These proposals suffer from a complete lack of common sense. For Read More

LV | Walter Block Citizen vs. Government Planning | 4-13-12 – YouTube

    Sue Jeffers, radio talk show host from KTCN 1130 AM, discusses economics with Austrian Economist Walter Block, Associate Scholar, with the Ludwig von Mises Institute. The big question is, who is better at planning; millions of citizens or a handful of government elites. “Libertarian Viewpoint” is all about non-government solutions to problems. This Read More

Margaret Thatcher Debunks the Leftist Agenda on Income Equality | International Liberty

The statists are making a big issue out of income inequality, hoping to convince ordinary Americans that redistribution is their only hope for a better life. I’ve explained with a pizza analogy that this is horribly misguided because it falsely assumes the economy is a fixed pie. Simply stated, it doesn’t make sense – or Read More

The Truth About Immigration and Welfare

MP3 Download: http://www.fdrpodcasts.com/#/3105/the… Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/stefan-molyneu… One of the most controversial questions in the discussion of both legal and illegal immigrants has been around their consumption of welfare. A recent independently verified report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has answered that question – and the results are incredibly shocking. The report by Dr. Steven Read More
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What’s Wrong With Socialism?

YouTube Comment: I get why you can’t stand communism – because of dictatorships – but what’s wrong with socialism? You said that you were a socialist during your youth – what turned you away from it? Friedrich Nietzsche: Was He Really A Philosopher? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQvk0… HELP US SURVIVE —► http://www.freedomainradio.com/donate SUBSCRIBE TO STEFAN —► http://www.youtube.com/freedomainradi… SUBSCRIBE Read More
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Democrats vs. the Facts on Inequality | Cato Institute

Inequality was a big topic in last week’s Democratic debate. Of course, it was no surprise that self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders decried the “casino capitalist process by which so few have so much and so many have so little.” But he was matched by Hillary Clinton, who promised to heal the divides that exist Read More

Stealing from the Poor to Give to the Rich: An Anti-Robin Hood Story | LearnLiberty

“Stealing from the Poor to Give to the Rich: An Anti-Robin Hood Story” by @LearnLiberty ► Get Learn Liberty updates in your inbox! http://LearnLiberty.org/subscribe Have you ever thought much about property rights? Many believe ownership protections primarily favor the wealthy, but it turns out that the wealthy and politically connected actually benefit more when ownership Read More
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Costituzione piena, supermercati vuoti. Diritto al cibo in salsa venezuelana

Milano. Il presidente del Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, erede del “comandante supremo ed eterno” Hugo Chávez, ha annunciato che a luglio sarà a Roma per ricevere un riconoscimento della Fao, l’organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l’alimentazione e l’agricoltura. Come annunciato dal rappresentante della Fao in Venezuela, Marcelo Resende, Maduro sarà premiato perché il “Venezuela è un Read More
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Il reddito della cuccagna

Riformare il welfare è necessario. Meglio però le idee di Friedman che quelle di Grillo e Landini Negli ultimi mesi è diventato centrale nel dibattito politico il “reddito di cittadinanza” proposto dal Movimento 5 stelle. La proposta piace a Sel, alla sinistra del Pd e a Pippo Civati. I consensi si sono estesi a pezzi Read More

Real goal of immigration reform – 8 million Democrat voters

An SEIU officer explains why the union and the Democrat “progressives” want “comprehensive immigration reform” with a path to citizenship for twelve million illegals. At present ratios that will add eight million voters to the Democrat rolls which will be sufficient to swing many elections at local, state and national levels. Real goal of immigration Read More

The real truth about the 2008 financial crisis | Brian S. Wesbury | TEDxCountyLineRoad

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The Great Economic Myth of 2008, challenging the accounting to accounting principal. Brian Wesbury is Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors L.P., a financial services firm based in Wheaton, Illinois. Mr. Wesbury has been a member of the Academic Advisory Read More
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▶ Storia dell’economia Liberismo contro Keynesismo

FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/azione.prometeo BLOG – http://azioneprometeo.wordpress.com/2… La storia del novecento vista sotto l’aspetto economico, principalmente nella lotta dottrinale tra due punti di vista, quello keynesista e quello neoliberista, personificati dalle figure degli economisti Keynes e Von Hayek. ▶ Storia dell’economia Liberismo contro Keynesismo 1/2 – YouTube.     ▶ Storia dell’economia Liberismo contro Keynesismo 2/2 Read More
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Venezuela’s ‘socialist paradise’ turns into a nightmare: medical shortages claim lives as oil price collapses – Telegraph

“It’s the government who is responsible for my wife’s death, not the doctors,” Mr Perez, 63, told The Telegraph last week. “Things are very bad in this country, and they are getting worse. I feel that we are in a dictatorship. At the start I believed in Chavez, now I can’t look at him. He Read More
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The Socialist Sinking Ship: Then and Now | Mises Institute

      April 20, 2015Carmen Elena Dorobăț A little late to the party, the BBC wonders at the surreal and ongoing failure of the Venezuelan regime to provide its citizens with life’s basic amenities. Goods such as flour, sugar, cooking oil, shampoo and detergent, and the oft-mentioned toilet paper are now in such short Read More