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November 20, 2019



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Government Workers’ Future Pay Is Linked to Pension Reform

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Tracy Miller | Inside Sources

Chicago is facing a pension problem. With spending more on retiree pensions to make up for paying too little in the past, the city has less money left to pay the salaries of its current employees, including teachers. Unsustainable pensions are not strictly a Chicago problem, many state and local governments with seriously unfunded pensions will have little choice but to enact reform.

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Incarceration, Identity, and the Gift of Literacy

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Shaka Senghor and Tyler Cowen | Conversations with Tyler

How do you survive seven years in solitary confinement? The gift of literacy is what saved Shaka Senghor. Reading, journaling, academic study, and writing books was his way to structure and survive an inhumane, mentally toxic environment. On the latest episode he joined Tyler to discuss his book Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison

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, what it was like to return to society not knowing the difference between the internet and a Word document, entrepreneurialism and humor in prison, the unexpected challenges formerly incarcerated people face upon release, and more.

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Crony Christmas Lists Crammed

into Congressional Crisis

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Veronique de Rugy | Creators Syndicate Newspapers

Congress is soon approaching another deadline to pass a spending bill before risking a government shutdown. When this full funding bill is finally taken up, there will inevitably be efforts to load it with crony handouts. "Tax extenders," provisions that bestow benefits on particular business interests, will be at the top of this legislator wish list. While not all tax extenders are corporate favoritism, many are examples of cronyism and should be allowed to die without renewal.

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Inflation Inequality Creates Winners and Losers

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Tyler Cowen | Bloomberg Opinion

Warren’s Medicare for All Plan Counts Chickens, Kills Geese

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Robert F. Graboyes | Inside Sources

Proof That Tariffs Flood the Swamp

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Veronique de Rugy | American Institute for Economic Research

Adapting 4th Amendment Standards To Connected Tech

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Jennifer Huddleston and Anne Philpot | Law360

What College Football Can Teach Us about Innovation

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Christopher Koopman | The Hill

State of Humanity Is Excellent — and Improving

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Donald Boudreaux | The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Regulating Biometric Access Technologies

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Jennifer Huddleston and Ashley Baker | Federalist Society Podcast

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