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Accepting 60,000 children in a population of 317.2 million — less than two hundred-tenths of 1 percent (.02 percent) of our population — would hardly be straining our resources.
Jim Manzi reviews Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century [3].
(I thank Tyler Cowen for pointers to each of the above two links.)
Speaking of Piketty, what would Ludwig von Mises have said in response? Andrew Wilson explores [4]. (HT Ross Kaminsky)
John Stossel ponders government’s role in building roads [5].
Adam Smith’s home – Panmure House – in Edinburgh is being refurbished and preserved [6]. (My former FEE colleague Nicole Gray Conchar played an instrumental role in ensuring this happy outcome.)