Amity Shlaes takes on Lyndon Johnson and the so-called war on poverty

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December 11, 2019 | Weekly Newsletter

UPCOMING EVENT: War on Poverty or War on the Poor? ([link removed])
Bestselling Author Amity Shlaes on the Great Society’s Welfare State, Oakland, 1/14/20
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New York Times bestselling author Amity Shlaes exposed the federal tax racket in her 2005 book, The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy and What to Do About It ([link removed]) . She refuted enduring myths about Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Great Depression in her 2007 book, The Forgotten Man ([link removed]) . Now she takes on Lyndon Johnson and the so-called “war on poverty” in her acclaimed new book, Great Society: A New History ([link removed]) , showing that the flood of federal entitlements since the mid-1960s has drowned generations in a quagmire of dependence and despair. As advocates of socialism and the welfare state have grown in number, Shlaes warns that the costs of the Big-Government entitlement commitments made a half century ago are blocking the very opportunities needed now and in the future for all Americans, especially the most disadvantaged. RESERVE TICKETS » ([link removed])
Understanding Elizabeth Warren’s Radical Wealth Tax ([link removed])
By Robert P. Murphy (Mises Wire, 12/3/19)
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Senator Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax would have devastating consequences on capital formation and economic growth. For investors with long time horizons, even a seemingly modest wealth tax can have the severe economic impact of a large income tax. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] Choice Cooperation, Enterprise, and Human Action ([link removed])
By Robert P. Murphy
DeVos’s Useful Reform in Federal Student Financial Aid ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 12/4/19)
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Federal student aid has inflated the costs of higher education, decreased learning, and reduced educational attainment among lower-income students. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has promising ideas to help tame the federal student-aid beast. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] Restoring the Promise Higher Education in America ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder
Where Democrats Go Wrong on Pre-existing Conditions ([link removed])
By John C. Goodman and Alfredo Ortiz (Forbes, 10/10/19)
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For those with decent incomes and chronic health conditions, things have gotten worse, not better, under Obamacare. Policymakers concerned about pre-existing conditions should take a page from Medicare Advantage, which has guaranteed issue and community rating—and has worked well for the elderly and the disabled. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] A Better Choice Healthcare Solutions for America ([link removed])
By John C. Goodman
Supreme Court Has Thrown a Wrench into the Machinery of Free Speech ([link removed])
By Ronald L. Trowbridge (The Hill, 11/13/19)
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Although the First Amendment protects free speech, the Supreme Court maintains that there are circumstances in which this right does not apply. In 2006, the court ruled that college administrators even at a public institution can to some extent limit the speech of employees in order to maintain an effective workplace. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus ([link removed])
By Donald A. Downs
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