Showing posts with label services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label services. Show all posts
Anti-Ridesharing Laws Are Stuck In The Past
by Jordan Richardson. Times have certainly changed since Robert De Niro was driving cab around New York's boroughs in the move Taxi Driver. The 1976 film showcased a society focused on the Vietnam War and De Niro's obsession with a presidential campaign. But one thing has not changed since the 70s: The government is still trying to regulate ... MOREZach Weissmueller: You Have a Right to Buy and Sell Sex. Now, Will the Courts Protect It By Legalizing Prostitution?
See video. "Our hope in the lawsuit is to have the anti-prostitution law overturned
as unconstitutional and invalidated in the state of California," says
Maxine Doogan, a former sex worker and president of the Erotic Service
Provider Legal, Education, and Research Project (ESPLER), a group that has filed a lawsuit against California's attorney general ... MOREThe IRS Customer Service Will Be Extra Bad This Year
by Lori Mongomery. Taxpayers will face the worst levels of service in more than a decade
from the Internal Revenue Service this filing season, with as few as 43
percent of callers getting through to an agent and then only after
waits of 30 minutes or more, according to a report released Wednesday. In
her annual report to Congress, National ... MOREChina To Pass US As World’s Leading Economy This Year
The Obama legacy. The US is on the brink of losing its status as the world’s largest economy, and is likely to slip behind China this year, sooner than widely anticipated, according to the world’s leading statistical agencies. The US has been the global leader since overtaking the UK in 1872.
Most economists previously thought China ... MOREJohn Stossel: A Post-Post Office World
A system of cumbersome inefficiency. Even parts of government that look like a business never get run with
the efficiency of a business. Just look at the post office. They buy commercials and tout their services the way private businesses do. They offer a service that customers want. But a real business can't get away with losing ... MOREKenneth Gould: The High Cost Of College
An economic explanation. Despite good intentions, government has reduced price competition; as a result, prices have risen much faster than they otherwise would. Many news articles are starting to note that middle and upper-middle class parents are having trouble paying for their children’s college educations. Most of these articles see this ... MORESteven Greenhut: Californians Love Taxes
But they don't like government reform. A funny thing happened after California officials announced the shutdown of 70 state parks in the face of an estimated $33 million in budget cutbacks: Private companies, wealthy donors, nonprofit organizations and local governments came up with ways to keep many parks open. Eleven parks have already been ... MORE
Robert P. Murphy: Understanding The Price Of Money
On purchasing power. In a money economy, the money commodity is on one side of every transaction, and hence reduces the number of relevant prices. The direct exchange ratio between any two commodities can easily be computed from their respective money prices. The "price" or purchasing power of money is the array of goods and services for which a unit of ... MORE
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