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Maximum Wage Potential
Like almost any policy debate these days, the minimum wage is often reduced to its simplest arguments. You care about workers or you care about busines…
Lew Moorman
Feb 27
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Lofty Talk or Small Action?
It’s been almost nine months since the brutal death of George Floyd. For a brief moment, the event pulled the nation together in demanding justice for …
Lew Moorman
Feb 6
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Checking Your Priors
“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.” - John Kenneth …
Lew Moorman
Jan 16
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Canary in the Gold Mine
Who says there is no bi-partisan agreement? When it comes to monetary policy, everyone is pretty much aligned: more dollars, please! This fact became o…
Lew Moorman
Dec 4, 2020
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The Inequality We Aren’t Talking About
Much has been written about our widening wealth and income gaps. Despite meaningful gains in the last few years for the lowest earners, most of society…
Lew Moorman
Oct 26, 2020
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COVID, Corn, and Cronies
We all know age is the largest risk factor for COVID mortality. Age weakens us against all diseases. But the discussion around underlying conditions ha…
Lew Moorman
Aug 27, 2020
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Where are the Lockdown Models?
This week, the Institute for Health Metrics and Management (IMHE), one of the most cited COVID data modelers, doubled its projected US death toll. Of c…
Lew Moorman
May 8, 2020
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Ignoring the Big Impact Decisions
For the last 3 weeks the lead story across most news media has been Trump’s advocacy of the unproven drug Hydrochloroquine and his clumsy allusion to i…
Lew Moorman
May 1, 2020
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A New American Hero
Is it possible to be widely admired anymore? 20 years ago, we were in the middle of a love affair with Steve Jobs. He was widely viewed as a risk-takin…
Lew Moorman
Nov 20, 2019
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Throwing Away the Real Power of the Gig Economy
California just passed legislation that will remake the “gig” economy. Uber is the most direct target of the new regulations which will force the compa…
Lew Moorman
Oct 11, 2019
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Are Carbon Emissions a Red Herring?
Global warming is most often framed as inevitable unless we can solve one problem: reducing carbon emissions from fossil fuel use. But, despite more th…
Lew Moorman
Sep 13, 2019
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Bipartisan Gloom and the Parrots of 2020
“When the Eagles are silent, the Parrots begin to chatter.” Winston Churchill Transformative leaders inspire people to a bigger, better future. They un…
Lew Moorman
Jul 12, 2019
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