I sent the questionnaire to an email list provided by the client* and received this email: Started answering but too long. I replied: Thanks for letting me know. I sent the email on Monday and the current response rate is 36%. The completion rate is 95% so maybe up
Threats to freedom of speech and efforts to suppress dissenting views and voices have been on the rise over the past decades. They were exponentially intensified since the ascent of social media, and as the political polarization in the West truly took hold of our
Kevin Dowd and Nicholas Anthony Advocates of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) often claim that CBDCs will help increase financial inclusion, by which they typically mean that CBDCs will help to “bank the unbanked.” To give some typical examples: Too many Americans don’t have access to easy
Vanessa Brown Calder Late last year, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) as part of the sprawling 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The PWFA requires that employers provide pregnant workers with “accommodations” or “changes to the work environment or the way things are done at
The DOJ claims that it has "protected" consumers by standing in the way of a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines. The only thing the DOJ protected was higher-cost flying. Original Article: "Flying into Foolishness: The DOJ "Saves" Consumers from Low-Cost Airlines"
Covid restrictions are back. Almost a year after President Joe Biden said “the pandemic is over,” several hospitals, businesses, and universities have reinstated mask mandates and social distancing requirements. Meanwhile, nearly sixty universities have announced that students must take a covid vaccine to attend for
Mustafa Akyol Tension is growing in Sweden and Denmark, and in much of the Muslim world, because of recent public burnings of the Qur’an in those two European nations. The burnings sparked furious protests in Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, and other Middle East countries. Sweden and
David J. Bier The employment‐based green card backlog reached a new record of 1.8 million cases this year. The backlog consists of immigrants who are waiting to receive green cards, primarily the result of low green card caps for employer‐sponsored immigrants and investors. Because no country may
Progressives have distinguished themselves in the past half century by being against progress. That trend is unlikely to change. Original Article: "Real Progress versus the Progressives"
In 1990, socialism seemed to be done once and for all, but the times have changed. In the last twenty years, socialism has again become fashionable beyond the academic fringes. The covid-19 crisis demonstrated how quickly and thoroughly the traditionally free societies of the West