From NAP to SNAP: A Bridge to Economic Liberty for Residents of Puerto Rico (an update)
A policy statement regarding the conversion from NAP to SNAP in Puerto Rico and what it means for the economic liberty of the people of Puerto Rico.
Economic Freedom
Economic Freedom and Social Mobility: What Does It Mean for Puerto Rico?
Social and income mobility has become a hot topic among social scientists and policymakers. Few, though, have examined the role of economic freedom in explaining differences in mobility. I summarize my work showing that economic freedom has a strong impact on improving mobility.
The Moral Argument as a Foundation of the Free Market: A Call to the Advocates of Economic Freedom in Puerto Rico
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.
Free Market in Puerto Rico 2022
The general objective of this study was to assess the knowledge of the main principles of economic liberty and the free market, and the affinity with them in Puerto Rico.
Ayuso, tip, hook
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.
Occupational licenses, a barrier to individual prosperity
Occupational licensing - state regulation of particular jobs - presents barriers to the economic freedom of individuals. Over time, the state has increased regulation of occupations, thereby increasing labor costs and subsistence, and limiting opportunities for access to jobs and trades. This has raised concerns for individuals, legislators and multi-sector leaders who seek to reform the sector to promote freedoms, including economic freedom, and economic growth.
The reforms that will save Puerto Rico
The preliminary costs of the bankruptcy, amounting to $1 billion so far, should be a powerful incentive for us to force structural reforms that will save Puerto Rico from a second bankruptcy and an economic cliff. It would be an act of collective folly to ignore the reasons that led us into the fiscal hole and to have become the first state government in the United States to file for bankruptcy.
Puerto Rico can use guest workers, just like many states
The immigration fiasco on the southern border is not the only ongoing U.S. crisis involving an exodus of Spanish speakers. Since 2006, Puerto Rico has endured an economic and fiscal collapse that has seen nearly a million people emigrate to the mainland United States, which is now the home to more Puerto Ricans than the island itself.
Damien Robles Sanchez, et al. v. Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, et al.
Amicus brief before Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court, in support of the certiorari of the petitioners, to argue the retroactive application of the special tax to the beneficiaries of tax exemption decrees, since it is ultra vires that undermines the pre-existing contractual obligations of the petitioners in violation of their constitutional right that protects them against …
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Rodríguez Vélez, et al. v. Hon. Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia
Federal lawsuit concerning vaccine mandate of public employees. Lawsuit at the United States First District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, to modify the vaccine mandate and its disproportionate burden to unvaccinated public employees, as established on Executive Order No. 2021–058. Documents Case 3:21-cv-01366: Zulay Rodriguez Velez, et al. Plaintiffs v. Hon. Pedro R. …
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