I am part of the 1.3% who have experienced acculturation and grief. The feeling of missing family, desiring typical food of the country, mastering another language, adapting to a new climate and work environment, has a significant impact on the physical and emotional health of the migrant. In the United States I found wonderful opportunities, but I have never lost the desire to return to my homeland.
A Boricua's Migration Duel Read More »
The past seventy years have seen a substantial increase in the number of jobs and trades that require an occupational license to practice, creating onerous burdens on economic freedom. The lack of uniformity in the system of occupational regulation in the United States presents barriers to interstate mobility and infringes on people's freedoms. Organizations such as the Institute for Justice, Arkansa Center for Research in Economics, and the National Conference for State Legislatures have published reports and indexes that expose various problems arising from occupational regulation and propose ways to address the issue.
Reasons to reform the occupational licensing system Read More »
Marc Joffe recommends the consolidation of some municipalities, given the sharp decline in population that Puerto Rico has experienced, as a way to improve public services and reduce administrative costs.
With Fewer People, Puerto Rico Should Consider Municipal Consolidation Read More »
The excess of federal aid that has come to the Island -associated with the recent natural calamities- has clouded the understanding of the true state of the Puerto Rican economy. The federal money has created a kind of hypnosis that has paralyzed us when it comes to the economic and fiscal reforms needed to achieve a healthy and dynamic economy.
Puerto Rico's Economy Has Not Reach Bottom Yet Read More »
Individualism is a defining characteristic of modernity. Previously, in traditional societies, the identity and position of the individual were dictated by a single way of living; but a new moral practice emerged within Western civilization creating the main root of modernity. This root is individualism - the ability of the individual to pursue his desires, his ends, and his moral identity.
Puerto Ricans are individualists Read More »
Before leaving to enjoy their long and well-deserved vacations, some legislators are pushing a pilot plan to reduce the workday in government agencies -and later in private enterprise- to 32 hours per week, with the same salary and benefits.
Banquet in Sight: Every Friday Off Read More »
Senator Ana Irma Rivera Lassén has proposed a four-day workday for public employees, with no reduction in salary. It is argued that the measure will increase productivity and improve the quality of life. As an initiative of a serious legislator, with an impeccable trajectory, the proposal deserves fair consideration.
The implications of a four-day working day Read More »
Rafael Bernabe's statements in Jacobin magazine that there is "fertile ground for anti-capitalist ideas to advance in Puerto Rico" exemplifies the inclusion of socialism in the Western political tradition.
Carlos Rodríguez Braun comments on the campaign of the Community of Madrid to encourage tipping and the reaction of the unions and the left to this campaign.
In August 2023, when we mark the centennial of Calvin Coolidge’s ascendance to the presidency upon the unexpected death of Warren Harding, we should celebrate his devotion to economy in government—and not just that he talked about it, but mainly because he delivered on it.
A President Who Warned Americans What Extravagant Federal Spending Would Do to Character Read More »
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