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The Endangered Middle Class: Why millions of Americans are on the verge of bankruptcy despite a booming economy
Source: International Society for Individual Liberty
Author: Jarrett Wollstein
Country: United States
E-mail: isil@isil.org

"On the surface, America's economy is in great shape .... But beneath the surface there are many warning signs." ISIL pamphlet explains why the middle class is in financial danger, what an individual can do about it -- and what to push the state to do. (12/97)

White House report makes weak argument for minimum wage
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

Even the Clinton administration's official justification for hiking the minimum wage has a tough time supporting its case. (3/15/00)

Encarta Capitalism
Source: Strike the Root
Author: George Smith
Country: United States

"Most politicians and economists do not recognize capitalism's crucial characteristic. Given the state of the world today, it's easy to see why." (04/03/02)

Economic Analysis of a Living Wage Ordinance
Source: Pioneer Institute
Author: George Tolley
Country: United States

An updated look at the 1996 study from three economists who showed what the overall economic impact of a living wage law would be on both the employers and employees. (8/1/99)

Despite slowdown, unemployment remains low
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

According to official government data, the economy is in a slowdown that began more than a year ago, says Bruce Bartlett. However, unlike past slowdowns, the unemployment rate has barely budged, which may be evidence there really is a "New Economy." (04/02/01)

Urban rebirth
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

Many inner-city neighborhoods are revitalizing due to community self-help, the drop in crime, deregulation and the return of businesses. (10/17/00)

The negative economic effect of sports franchises
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

Public spending on sports franchises is often justified in the name of the multiplier effect, in terms of boosting local economies. But a new study finds no such positive impact. (01/02/01)

Worms in apples
Source: Strike the Root
Author: Cat Farmer
Country: United States

"Every so often, an apple has a worm in it. So let's pass a law forbidding the sale of apples with worms in them, and see what happens." (06/01/02)

Libertarian solutions: does government 'managment' help or hurt the economy?
Source: LP News
Author: Jonathan Trager
Country: United States
E-mail: George.Getz@hq.lp.org

"Chaotic. Unpredictable. Volatile. These are just a few of the adjectives that skeptics of free enterprise use to describe a "pure" free-market economy." Critics claim that the results of free markets unhindered by government intervention will be inarguably horrific? Are they correct? (05/01)

Government should stay out of economy's way
Source: Citizens for a Sound Economy
Author: Wayne T. Brough, Ph.D.
Country: United States
E-mail: cse@cse.org

"The federal government can do little in the way of managing the economy. Federal spending programs can only indirectly affect economic decisions in the private sector and many of these effects are unintended or unpredictable. Moreover, any federal program moving through Congress is subjected to the pressures of interest groups and partisan politics." (10/09/01)

Market see, market do
Source: Strike the Root
Author: Brad Edmonds
Country: United States

"None of us has the imagination to predict either how the market can suddenly make life better, more interesting and enjoyable, and less expensive at the same time; or how legislators will find a way to take consumer dreams and turn them into bland, inefficient, overpriced realities." (02/25/02)

Economics in one one-hundredth of a lesson
Source: Strike the Root
Author: Jacob Halbrooks
Country: United States

"When statists use economics to support government interventions into the free market, they use terms like 'efficiency,' 'externalities,' and 'market failure.' One must first understand how these terms are used in order to see through the statists’ arguments." (05/01/02)

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