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The hypocrisy of minimum-wage laws

Hawaii politicians are eager to raise the minimum legal wage — again. They have raised the minimum legal wage many times before, but they complain that it is never enough. The last increase in the minimum wage wasn’t enough because the prices of food, clothing and shelter keep going up

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The Liberty Movement in Asia

I recently had the good fortune to visit Nepal and India during a whirlwind of libertarian activity across the region. Since I was already heading to the Asia Liberty Forum, the dynamic folks at The Samriddhi Prosperity Foundation in Kathmandu invited me to speak on “Entrepreneurship, Migration, & Economic Growth”

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Reflections on Kazakhstan: Ideas & Performance

A note from the Grassroot Institute: We are lucky and privileged to have a respected international scholar and advocate of the free market on our Board of Advisors. Professor Ken Schoolland continues to travel around the world, sharing his work and bringing the ideals of liberty into every corner of the

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Minimum Wage Fraud Revisited–Again and Again

By Ken Schoolland Federal and state politicians are eager to raise the minimum legal wage—again. They have raised the minimum legal wage many times before, but they complain that it is never enough. The last rise in the minimum wage wasn’t enough because the prices of food, clothing, and shelter

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Ken Schoolland’s Summer Update

2013 Summer Activity, Ken Schoolland   I. ENACTUS (SIFE HPU) team at National Competition, Kansas City, May 2013 II. Lobo Tiggre’s mini-CYCLE 2013 (Casey Youth Camp on Leadership & Entrepreneurship), Minsk, Belarus, June 2013 III. Romanian Austrian Economics Summer School,  Murray Rothbard Center for Political Economy and Business of The Romanian-American

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Minimum Wage Fraud Revisited–Again and Again

Federal and state politicians are eager to raise the minimum legal wage—again. They have raised the minimum legal wage many times before, but they complain that it is never enough. The last rise in the minimum wage wasn’t enough because the prices of food, clothing, and shelter keep going up

Read More →

China’s Free-Market Summer Camp

by Ken Schoolland  Li Zhao Schoolland organized the first China Austrian Economics Camp (CAEC) this summer with Northeastern University (NEU) of Shenyang, China. Those teaching about the economics and ethics of free markets included Tom Palmer of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation and the CATO Institute, Fred Foldvary of Santa Clara

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Jonathan Gullible’s Odyssey Continues: A Nigerian Free Market Play, Smuggling In & Out of Cuba, a Hundred Thousand CD’s, and the Finland Internet

Ken Schoolland  A LETTER FROM JONATHAN GULLIBLE  A free market play was written and produced by Adedayo Thomas [below left] and Paul Ugbede and directed by Dr. Sam Kafewo [below right]. This production was based on my book, The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey (aka JG) which was first published

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The hypocrisy of minimum-wage laws

Hawaii politicians are eager to raise the minimum legal wage — again. They have raised the minimum legal wage many times before, but they complain that it is never enough. The last increase in the minimum wage wasn’t enough because the prices of food, clothing and shelter keep going up

Read More →

The Liberty Movement in Asia

I recently had the good fortune to visit Nepal and India during a whirlwind of libertarian activity across the region. Since I was already heading to the Asia Liberty Forum, the dynamic folks at The Samriddhi Prosperity Foundation in Kathmandu invited me to speak on “Entrepreneurship, Migration, & Economic Growth”

Read More →

Reflections on Kazakhstan: Ideas & Performance

A note from the Grassroot Institute: We are lucky and privileged to have a respected international scholar and advocate of the free market on our Board of Advisors. Professor Ken Schoolland continues to travel around the world, sharing his work and bringing the ideals of liberty into every corner of the

Read More →

Minimum Wage Fraud Revisited–Again and Again

By Ken Schoolland Federal and state politicians are eager to raise the minimum legal wage—again. They have raised the minimum legal wage many times before, but they complain that it is never enough. The last rise in the minimum wage wasn’t enough because the prices of food, clothing, and shelter

Read More →

Ken Schoolland’s Summer Update

2013 Summer Activity, Ken Schoolland   I. ENACTUS (SIFE HPU) team at National Competition, Kansas City, May 2013 II. Lobo Tiggre’s mini-CYCLE 2013 (Casey Youth Camp on Leadership & Entrepreneurship), Minsk, Belarus, June 2013 III. Romanian Austrian Economics Summer School,  Murray Rothbard Center for Political Economy and Business of The Romanian-American

Read More →

Minimum Wage Fraud Revisited–Again and Again

Federal and state politicians are eager to raise the minimum legal wage—again. They have raised the minimum legal wage many times before, but they complain that it is never enough. The last rise in the minimum wage wasn’t enough because the prices of food, clothing, and shelter keep going up

Read More →

China’s Free-Market Summer Camp

by Ken Schoolland  Li Zhao Schoolland organized the first China Austrian Economics Camp (CAEC) this summer with Northeastern University (NEU) of Shenyang, China. Those teaching about the economics and ethics of free markets included Tom Palmer of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation and the CATO Institute, Fred Foldvary of Santa Clara

Read More →

Jonathan Gullible’s Odyssey Continues: A Nigerian Free Market Play, Smuggling In & Out of Cuba, a Hundred Thousand CD’s, and the Finland Internet

Ken Schoolland  A LETTER FROM JONATHAN GULLIBLE  A free market play was written and produced by Adedayo Thomas [below left] and Paul Ugbede and directed by Dr. Sam Kafewo [below right]. This production was based on my book, The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey (aka JG) which was first published

Read More →