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The tippinsights opinion section reflects articles where our individual authors or individual groups (from anywhere on the political spectrum) utilize our data to make compelling arguments.

Would Oil Bring A Resource Curse In Jamaica?

Would Oil Bring A Resource Curse In Jamaica?

One economist even went as far as to say: “I hope oil is never discovered in Jamaica. Countries are more likely to get rich if they have to create things, like Singapore and South Korea, instead of just pulling stuff out of the ground, like Venezuela and Angola.”

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Does Demand Create Supply?

Does Demand Create Supply?

According to the popular view, it is also possible to strengthen overall demand through the inflationary increases in money supply

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The US Constitution Is Now A Suicide Pact

The US Constitution Is Now A Suicide Pact

The speed with which American polities proceed toward this situation will depend on two factors, both of which are already at play and contribute to ongoing talk of “national divorce” in the United States

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Beware The Alternatives To Capitalism and Socialism

Beware The Alternatives To Capitalism and Socialism

Framing the question with such terminology implicitly smears capitalists as profiting at the expense of society; a sordid linguistic trick that pretends that coercive centralization is more “social” than the capitalist alternative

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