Nate ThurstonDec 31, 20202 minWe don't need $2,000 stimulus checks, we need an open economyThe strangeness of 2020 continues. We are now ingrained in a fight between $600 stimulus checks, or $2,000 stimulus checks. As if it real...
Nate ThurstonMar 3, 20206 minThe Myth of Cuba's Glorious Health Care SystemWe should be revolted by people who are willing to be dupes for totalitarianism. Reposted from FEE.org, and originally written by Daniel ...
Nate ThurstonMar 3, 20203 minWhy Cuba's Infant Mortality Rate Is so Low | FEECuba’s impressive infant mortality rate has a simple explanation: data manipulation. Fidel Castro, the dictator who ruled Cuba with an ir...
Nate ThurstonMar 3, 20203 minWhy Hong Kong's Economy Has Grown 7x Faster Than Cuba's Since the 1950s | FEENeil Monnery’s book "A Tale of Two Economies" explains how the fortunes of Hong Kong and Cuba were shaped by two individuals. This articl...
Nate ThurstonFeb 17, 20204 minThe World's Poorest People Are Getting Richer Faster than Anyone ElseIn 1820, 94% of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty. In 1990, 34.8%, and in 2015, just 9.6%. We discussed this article on tod...
Nate ThurstonFeb 7, 20206 minChicago’s PlayStation Tax Shows How Greedy Politicians Can BeChicago is proof that there is almost nothing that government entities won’t try to tax. This article was originally posted by FEE.org, a...
Nate ThurstonFeb 7, 20203 minCanada Collected Less Revenue from High-Income Earners after Trudeau Tax HikeTrudeau’s tax hike was a big mistake. The only tangible results are that the private sector is now smaller and the country is less compet...
Nate ThurstonFeb 7, 20203 minThe Truth about Amazon’s Tax BillPoliticians prefer not to talk about the billion and a half dollars in taxes Amazon paid last year. It is widely reported, and believed, ...
Nate ThurstonFeb 7, 20203 minWill Insolvent Union Pensions Get Bailed Out by the Government?Despite the accumulation of nearly ten years worth of evidence that the U.S. government cannot make money from its student loan business ...
Nate ThurstonFeb 7, 20206 min5 Union Rules That Are Ruining TransportationUnion contracts are making transit expensive and inefficient. Listen to the Good Morning Liberty Podcast - New Episodes every day of the w...
Nate ThurstonFeb 6, 20204 minI'm a Libertarian, and I Did Not Support Trump's ImpeachmentSo, the day is finally here. Man was it a surprise, right? Not exactly.. From the very beginning, our podcast just like many others, plai...
Nate ThurstonFeb 5, 20206 minDear Gen Z: Learn from Millennial Mistakes and Say No to Student Loan DebtAs more Gen Zers come of age, they would be wise to learn from the mistakes of millennials and think twice before borrowing money to pay ...
Nate ThurstonFeb 4, 20204 min93 Vermont Towns Have No Public Schools, But Great Education. How Do They Do It?In "tuition towns," the funds local governments expect to spend per pupil are instead given directly to the parents of school-age childre...
Nate ThurstonJan 30, 20203 minWarren Wants To Make "Lying" a Crime On Social Media - While Also Pushing Fake Stats DailyElizabeth Warren, whose campaign is flailing about, trying to regain traction, is in the background screaming "Hey! Don't forget how Soci...
Nate ThurstonJan 27, 20207 minPoverty in the U.S. Was Plummeting—Until Lyndon Johnson Declared War On ItYet again, government intervention hurts those it is intended to help. One of the more elementary observations about economics is that a ...
Nate ThurstonJan 27, 20205 minHow the Government Makes Nuclear Power Less SafeIf the Price-Anderson Act is allowed to expire, the nuclear industry might develop new safety systems. My heart began to race as I walked...
Nate ThurstonJan 23, 20203 minNo, US Billionaires Aren't Paying A Lower Tax Rate Than Working PeopleThere's a lie going around. The massive lie that the 1% pay a lower tax rate than the bottom 50%. If you are willing to look at actual nu...
Nate ThurstonJan 22, 20206 minHow the Federal Government Created the Subprime Mortgage CrisisRather than a failure of the free market, the federal government was directly complicit in the mortgage market’s spectacular ramp-up and ...
Nate ThurstonJan 15, 20207 minImagine if We Paid for Food like We Do HealthcareHint: it would be a dystopian disaster. Imagine if you purchased food like most Americans obtained healthcare. No, I really want you to t...
Nate ThurstonJan 15, 20207 minWarren pledges to bypass Congress and wipe out student loan debt - This is not the solutionFox News reported: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren vowed Tuesday that if elected, she’d cancel federal student loan de...
