By Connor D. Wolf In an apparent response to San Francisco raising its minimum wage to a new national high, local Chipotles have raised prices just as dramatically. “We believe the outsized San Francisco price hike was likely because of increased minimum wages,” an investors report, obtained by the American Enterprise Institute, detailed. The report was…
By Casey Harper During the Miss USA 2015 contest Sunday, Miss Texas and soon to be first runner up, Ylianna Guerra, dropped some honesty on the audience — and they loved it. Guerra made it to the question answering portion and judge and former Miss Universe Michelle McClean-Bailey posed this question: “Last year, CEOs in the United States…
By Tom O’Brien In today’s society, there are few institutions that hold more importance than sports. Municipalities have been building new stadiums and practice facilities for professional sports franchises at an alarming rate since the mid 90’s. Tax-payer funded stadiums and facilities are often justified by local officials with the promise of local revenues from…
By: Laura Meyers Mike Rowe made a Facebook post about his encounter with the youngest, savviest, cutest, most debonaire entrepreneur ever. It was a negotiation from the start. Alexander wanted to sell me a cup of fresh-squeezed lemonade for $1. I wanted to pay 50 cents. So we haggled. I argued the key ingredient – water…
By: Laura Meyers You think you’ve seen everything, until the Internet comes along and proves you wrong. The online market has opened doors for international, efficient, and open trade everywhere. But of course that means that some weirdos will want in on the deal; and you know what that means… they’re going to try to sell…
Sanders’s Employment Investments Lack a Grasp of Economics by Josh Guckert On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that Vermont Senator and 2016 Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders is sponsoring a bill, entitled the Employ Young Americans Now Act, which would invest $5.5 billion in the employment of 16-24 year-olds and job training grants. Regarding his rationale for this program,…
Privileged Clinton Continues Quest to Appear Less Out-of-Touch by Josh Guckert On Sunday, 2016 Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton told a conference of fast food workers that she supported their efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15/hr, stating, “I want to be your champion.” The comments come in spite of the fact that when Clinton…
By Peter Fricke Former Republican Rep. Ron Paul claims that even though the Export-Import Bank benefits hostile regimes, interventionists support it because it subsidizes the military-industrial complex. The libertarian-minded Paul outlined his objections to the bank in his weekly column for the Ron Paul Institute. He said taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize either state-owned foreign companies or “America’s biggest…
Ulbricht Wasn’t Convicted On Murder-For-Hire by Avens O’Brien On Friday, 31-year-old Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison without parole following his February conviction of the following seven counts: Distributing OR aiding and abetting the distribution of narcotics. (Aiding and abetting means knowingly assisting in the commission of a crime, even if he didn’t…
By Connor D. Wolf During a Los Angeles City Council hearing Friday, organized labor continued its push to have unionized companies exempt from a measure to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2020. Last week the city council voted 14 to 1 on a tentative agreement to raise the city’s minimum wage. Though some specific…