Words & Numbers: What You Should Know About Poverty in America
Poverty is a big deal – it affects about 41 million people in the United States every year – yet the federal government spends a huge amount of money to end poverty. So much of the government’s welfare spending gets eaten up by bureaucracy, conflicting programs, and politicians presuming they know how people should spend their own money. Obviously, this isn’t working.
This week on Words and Numbers, Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan delve into how people can really become less poor and what that means for society and the government.
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This past summer Israel Kirzner, Emeritus Professor of Economics at New York University, presented his lecture 'History of Austrian Economics' during the Advanced Austrian Economics Summer Seminar in Irvington, NY.
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In June 2011 Edward Lopz, Professor at San Jose State University, lectured at the Freedom University: History Summer Seminar in Atlanta, GA. In this video Professor Lopez discusses the implications of government regulation and intervention in the market.
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In this online class, Edward Stringham and Frederic Sautet will introduce students to fundamental concepts about entrepreneurship. They will discuss the role of entrepreneurial profit, government regulations, market ethics and economic development.
“We tend to demonize people who make money – how dare they have more than us? But that negative reaction forgets the voluntary role we play in profit-making every day. This week in Words and Numbers, Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan discuss just how good it is to earn a profit, and the vital difference between that and forcing money from people.”
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On June 9, 2011 Professor Steven Horwitz lectured at the Freedom University: Austrian Economics Summer Seminar. In this video Dr. Horwitz discusses the Austrian Economics & Inflation.
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Epic EpiPen Rant Explains High Prices
Both legislators and crony capitalists get called out in the halls of Congress for artificially driving up the price of a life-saving medical product. When the price of the #epipen shot up 600%, most people just blamed "corporate greed." But you might be surprised to learn why Mylan's price increase was possible in the first place.
Rep. Mick Mulvaney explains in this incredible rant. For more, see: https://fee.org/articles/don-t-blame-capitalism-for-your-pricey-epipen/