#Public good

Author: The Conversation / Source: oregonlive.com By Katherine Drabiak, University of South Florida The measles outbreaks continue to spread, with New York City declaring a public health emergency and requiring people in four ZIP codes to have their children vaccinated or face penalties,

Author: Scotty Hendricks / Source: Big Think A new report by Oxfam argues that wealth inequality is causing poverty and misery around the world. In the last year, the world’s billionaires saw their wealth increase by 12%, while the poorest 3.8 billion people on the planet lost 11% of their

Author: Robby Berman / Source: Big Think Study reveals the Americans who live in states that spend more on tangible “public goods” are happier. This spending makes communities “more livable.” Pain of higher property taxes largely balanced out by higher property values and quality of life. For

Authored by Christopher Westley via The Mises Institute, Many moons ago, I wrote a piece for mises.org introducing Westley’s Law, which was my theory for government growth based on its being held to lower expectations, relative to the market. It struck a nerve, of sorts. Many emailed me to say the