Patrick Gourley 

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Economist and soapbox performer
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“The government has given waivers to over 700 companies and organizations that allow them to pay their employees under the minimum wage. No, this isn’t prison labor, it’s something far more surprising: it’s for the disabled.”

Down Syndrome and the Minimum Wage
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“There’s still time to make this a speed bump. But if he doesn’t, if Trump doubles down and continues to proclaim that tariffs will eventually make America stronger, it will be painful. At best, the tariffs will significantly decrease economic growth and contribute modestly to inflation. At worst, they will cause a global recession and i…

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Out of despair I have written a ridiculous analogy. Learning to hate bears; or how I stopped dreading a trade war and lost my mind.

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