Welcome to the first episode of "On the Frontlines", a new interview series from the Foundation for Economic Education featuring brave men and women who risk everything to fight for freedom in the US and around the world.
In our first episode, FEE President Lawrence W. Reed discusses the state of Venezuela with notable activist, Javier Garcia Hernandez.
As a Venezuelan opposed to Nicolas Maduro's policies Javier has experienced violence and frequently risked arrest for his views. Many of his friends have been imprisoned and even killed protesting socialism in their native country.
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A lot of people assume that any degree increases your income over the course of your life, but it actually seriously depends on what major you choose and what career you go into. This week on Words & Numbers, Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan breakdown the numbers on what your college degree is actually worth.
Check their numbers and learn more about this topic here:
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On this episode of Out of Frame, we're talking about Edgar Wright's incredible film, "Hot Fuzz" and the dangerous idea of the "greater good".
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Video
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Hot Fuzz (2007, Working Title Films | Universal Films | Rogue Picture)
"This Is Your Brain on Drugs" (Partnership for a Drug-Free America)
Prelinger Archives
Wikimedia Commons
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David Arnold (Original Score)
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Chill Study: Brooklyn Drive
Written, Produced, and Edited by Sean W. Malone
Assistant Editor, Pavel Rusakov
This week, James & Antony tackle minimum wage laws and present some hard facts that might surprise a lot of people.
See below for links to all the data and ideas they're talking about in this episode.
-- Raw Data --
https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2016/home.htm
http://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wage-chart.aspx
https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat08.htm
https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
http://www.governing.com/gov-data/economy-finance/youth-employment-unemployment-rate-data-by-state.html
-- Research --
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/001979399204600105
https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/Davies-minimum-wage-PIC.pdf
http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/2/425.short
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00197939140670S307
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=CC_FCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=%22minimum+wage%22&ots=bMKtfq8dOr&sig=acUFMHlHCDLr2Jo5F6scbDXX4-A#v=onepage&q=%22minimum%20wage%22&f=false
-- Op-eds --
https://fee.org/articles/the-minimum-wage-conspiracy/
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2013/10/21/raising-the-minimum-wage-kills-jobs-for-low-skill-workers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/for-the-maximally-vulnerable-the-minimum-wage-is-always_us_58eea085e4b04cae050dc45d
http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/7003069-74/federal-wage-workers
http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/10183883-74/wage-minimum-workers
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/commentary/20170409_Minimum-wage_hikes_a_way_to_buying_union_votes.html
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2015/06/03/what_a_pittsburgh_college_could_teach_seattle_los_angeles__chicago_101690.html
-- Related Videos --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct1Moeaa-W8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUdnnGLVJk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAwf-JdIr0o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aCpaON5NyE
In this video from FEEs archive Professor Peter Lewin discusses Austrian Capital Theory with students attending a summer seminar in 2004. To watch this video uncut or to download the audio, go to http://ht.ly/1DBeJ.
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