How Many Jobs Does One Person Need?

I saw a headline on LinkedIn the other day that said 8.9 million Americans work two or more jobs. It said the number is going up, too. I didn’t read the article, so I’m not going to lay this out as an argument where I’m trying to prove some point. I just want you to…

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Labor

The current conversation around labor is odd. Many (most?) labor advocates still talk about their fight in Marxist terms. Never mind the more theoretical aspects of Marxism, his views on history and progress, etc., and just look at labor. Labor, in this view, is the foundation for all value. Capitalism developed when labor was commodified,…

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Lies My Economist Told Me

There’s this weird feature in life where if people say things often enough, they become common knowledge and people stop questioning them.  The world of economics has raised the art of creating truths like this to its pinnacle.  We all know that governments are no good at picking winners.  We all know that regulation hurts business. …

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