Gary Galles
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Unity in Disunity
"When 'unity' means government policies will substitute for choices we would make for ourselves, it means domination, even though we…
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DNC Celebrates ‘Freedom,’ But Not Liberty
"As the DNC has just demonstrated so well, a host of rhetorical abuses can find a foothold in offering so…
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Robinson-Patman Deserves Last Rites, Not Resurrection
"It strips consumers’ freedom to choose for themselves in an area they are far more competent at than government 'enforcers,'…
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Creating So Many Jobs that Destroy Wealth
"Many of the jobs created directly or indirectly by government policies impose net costs on society rather than producing benefits,…
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Why Even Insiders Underestimate Markets’ Power
"There tend to be more and better substitution possibilities known to both buyers and sellers than we recognize from the…
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Correlation Is Not Enough
"The 'look here, too' method provides a valuable check on statistical interpretations adopted because they advance someone’s agenda, rather than…
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Two Birds of a Fiscal Feather
"Both property tax increases and rent control continue to be controversial, after decades, in that they both represent forms of…
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Not a Very Virtuous Virtue Signal
"Calling the extraction of resources from one group to give to others an investment, rather than wealth redistribution that reduces…
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A Statue Worth Preserving; A Man Worth Honoring
"William Penn's 1682 'Frame of Government' for Pennsylvania included elected representatives, a separation of powers, religious freedom, and fair trials,…
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Presidents May Want a Line-Item Veto, but Citizens May Not
"The main story being told around the line-item veto focuses on congressional special interests. But Presidents have plenty of special…
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