Opinion
The Krugman Antidote
There is no validity to the charge that the top 20 percent of Americans are excessively paid – with the possible exception of a certain Times columnist.
Opinion
Apply the Common Sense Test
There’s another report suggesting that half of North Carolina families can’t afford the basic necessities of life. Knowing what we know about the reality of everyday life, is this finding likely to be valid?
Opinion
Bless This Mess
A recent article on the clutter 'phenomenon' in many American homes reminds me that clutter has a few lessons to teach us about wealth, production, and markets.Acquisitive behavior is not a problem in itself—it's a happy marker for the fact that incomes and living standards in our society—even for the poor—have risen.
Opinion
How Many Americas Was That?
The John Edwards "Two Americas" spiel is catching on in the political world even though it has little relevance to the real world.
Opinion
No. 677: Hooray for Sprawl: New Study Debunks “Smart Growth”
Sprawl is a word that has acquired a negative connotation in our language. Mention sprawl and the immediate image in most minds is of subdivisions gobbling up farmland and pristine forests and causing commuters to sit in time-wasting traffic jams to and from work. Many politicians say they are for “smart-growth,” which is a kind of fuzzy, ill-defined alternative to “nasty” sprawl.
