There are some things in life that just shouldn’t be mixed. Eating out and human body parts are a good example. When our daughter was little, we liked to eat at a certain Chinese buffet. The food was good and the ambiance was at least as nice as your average service station waiting ...
“At 11 years old I was hired out at shoe binding. The fall and winter being the busiest season, we sometimes had to work until 12 or 1 o’clock in the morning. The young mistress used to whip me because I did not understand as much about the work at 11 years as she did at 35. Once the master ...
The new Utah State Correctional Facility became operational in July 2022 with an emphasis on increased focus of rehabilitation, individualized support to inmates, assessing their needs and directing them towards programs and services. Prior to the facility opening there were many positive ...
When my ancestors settled in what is now Beaver County 170 years ago, they carved out a living with few economic options beyond lumber, mining or hard labor. They had even fewer choices for energy — their best options were burning things like wood or coal. They’d barely believe their eyes ...
I’ve been thinking a lot about resistant, disease-causing bacteria — not just because of my job as a research scientist, but also because of my grandmothers. Both my grandmother in Wisconsin and grandmother-in-law in Florida have been in and out of the hospital with multidrug-resistant ...
A lot of the most important lessons in my life came from immigrants to the United States. People from Kenya, India, Honduras, Russia, Mexico, Spain, Algeria and France. This isn’t a surprise to an economist. The theory of comparative advantage — the idea that we’re better off when we ...
