Randall G. Holcombe | Thursday August 15, 2019 at 12:15 PM PDT
Are policies to reduce inequality beneficial to those who are least fortunate? Sometimes they are; sometimes they are not.
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Tag: redistribution
Craig Eyermann | Wednesday April 24, 2019 at 1:25 PM PDT
When you think of all the ways that the U.S. government spends money, which of its functions do you think tops the list?
Lawrence J. McQuillan | Tuesday November 6, 2018 at 8:56 AM PST
More than half of Americans receive more money from gov. transfer programs than they pay in federal taxes.
Lawrence J. McQuillan | Friday May 12, 2017 at 4:18 PM PDT
On April 25, a videotaped talk by Pope Francis was released at the international TED conference in Vancouver, Canada. The 18-minute talk, titled “Why the Only Future Worth Building Includes Everyone,” can be viewed here. Francis highlighted three themes, beginning with the observation that community is central to human existence: [L]ife flows through our...
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