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Commentaries tagged with capitalism

November 20, 2022	Black Friday Is ChangingConsumers and businesses alike will adjust to these tighter labor markets.
October 30, 2022	Remarkable Productivity Growth in Hospitality and TourismA more productive business requires—and hires—fewer workers.
September 4, 2022	Lingering Effects of COVID on WorkThe U.S. is still about 1.0 percent below its pre-COVID participation rate.
March 13, 2022	Economic Lessons From America’s Most Experienced Avon LadyJob flexibility is just as appealing to workers today as it was to housewives half a century ago.
January 30, 2022	Chick-fil-A as a Tasty Window into InnovationThe effective mix of people and technology fueled a 16 percent growth in sales.
January 9, 2022	IU Health’s Price Freeze Is a GimmickThe medical provider has become a strong regional monopoly in many parts of the state.
November 28, 2021	A Time to Give ThanksIf Mr. Lincoln could find reason to call us together for a day of gratitude, we can now have no cause to do otherwise.
November 14, 2021	It Is Time to Be Honest About Debt, Spending and TaxationSpending that makes us more productive often pays for itself through increased GDP that is then taxed.
October 24, 2021	Deep Worries About Education and Employment Are Still With UsIndiana will start 2022 with three consecutive years of declining educational attainment of adults.
October 3, 2021	Automation and Today’s Labor Market ChallengesThe process of workers matching with employers is messy and slow.
September 26, 2021	What’s Happening in Labor MarketsWork environments and wages, as well as cost of care services, heavily influence choices in the current labor market.
September 5, 2021	The Evolving Nature of WorkWork has the potential to provide meaning and satisfaction, unconnected to the economic importance of the task at hand.
August 22, 2021	How to Think About the Infrastructure BillInfrastructure spending reallocates jobs far more often than it creates them.
May 2, 2021	Why Are We Hearing About a Labor Shortage?Government benefits are not to blame.
March 14, 2021	Two Sides of the Minimum WageWhat role should the government play?
December 20, 2020	Indiana’s Hospital Monopolies Worse than CaliforniaOur hospital monopolies are financially damaging to Indiana’s economy and Hoosier families.
December 6, 2020	The Private Sector Is the Hero of COVIDSmart, successful businesses chase consumer interests.
September 20, 2020	The Real Problem with Our National DebtIt’s important to explain how the debt does and does not matter.
August 23, 2020	What’s Up with Stocks?Prices of stocks will signal where the best investment options lie.
May 3, 2020	What Are Essential Jobs?In normal times there is no such division as ‘essential’ or ‘non-essential’ workers.
March 1, 2020	Pandemics and Market EffectsTo prepare for Covid-19, we study past disease outbreaks.
September 1, 2019	Ideas, Not Labor or Capital, Made Our Modern EconomyThe focus of economic growth research in the last 40 years has been almost wholly about human capital and the power of ideas.
May 12, 2019	Taking Seriously a Socialist CritiqueWhat part of criticism of our market economy is right, and what should we do about it?
November 4, 2018	China Is a Poor and Backward NationChina may ultimately prove a significant strategic threat to the United States.
November 5, 2017	The Need for Corporate Tax CutsCutting corporate taxes will have an effect on wages, but it won’t come in the form of direct wage increases.
September 18, 2016	The Wells Fargo Fiasco Is a Call to ActionThis is a criminal offense and should be treated as such.
August 30, 2015	Quarterly Capitalism and a Tax on CapitalRequired quarterly profits reports inform investors of the state of business and so impact the price of capital, which is bought and sold in stock markets.
April 30, 2012	The Hunger Games and FreedomWhat has kept me in a three-week state of shock is the message on values our kids are getting from this work.
December 19, 2011	Capitalism or Free Markets?The term capitalism fails most in describing the modern world in that it implies elitist economic interests.

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