A collaborative blog for Principles of Microeconomics taught by Edward Millner @ Virginia Commonwealth University.
Friday, April 29, 2016
What is the best way to reduce carbon emissions?
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Monday, April 25, 2016
Is universal basic income a better solution to poverty than a myriad of welfare programs?
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/universal-basic-income/
Universal basic income let's the individual decide how to spend rather than having a government bureaucrat decide.
It would eliminate all sorts of government programs purported to help poor people and the costs of administering them programs.
Universal basic income let's the individual decide how to spend rather than having a government bureaucrat decide.
It would eliminate all sorts of government programs purported to help poor people and the costs of administering them programs.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Does government regulation make insurance markets work better?
This article points out that regulation of health insurance (Obamacare) is an imperfect solution to whatever problems may exist the market: http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/obamacare-suffers-three-major-blows-in-one-week/.
Is an increase in the minimum wage a good way to make the distribution of income more fair?
This article say no: http://qz.com/664196/wholl-pay-for-a-15-minimum-wage/
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Incentives in ObamaCare
http://time.com/4292290/how-obamacare-is-fueling-americas-opioid-epidemic/?xid=homepage
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