Those of you are familiar with my work know that I’ve got little love for collegiate athletics generally, and little interest in football specifically. But even I’ve noticed some of the griping about empty seats at North Dakota State University football games. The Bison are apparently on pace for another championship season, yet according to…
John Andrist: Economics Too Is A Science Of The Possible
Over my growing process I have developed a new fascination for the science of economics. Discovering that everything relating to our economy is so interrelated has both mellowed my fiscal conservatism and made me wish my liberal cousins were better able to absorb some of the principles of economics. For example, raising the minimum wage…
Number Of Women As Top Household Earners Growing, Birth Rates Falling
According to a Pew study, women are becoming the top income earners in an increasing number of households. Part of that increase is due to an increase in single mother households – not a positive for our society – but what’s interesting is that the number of married women who are the top income earners…
Obama's Tariff On Low-Wage Labor
George Mason Professor of Economics Donald Boudreaux asks President Obama to justify his proposal for increasing minimum wages with his policy of inflating the price of imported goods with tariffs: Dear Mr. Obama: In this year’s State of the Union Show you called for the hourly minimum-wage to be raised from $7.25 to $9.00. That’s…