Afghanistan: Why Prosperity Hinges on Mackinder’s Fulcrum

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Taliban fighters from their Haqqani network. (Photo/The Guardian)

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How Minimum Wage Leads to Unemployment

Elementary economics considers the relationship between supply and demand.

But it can’t be what Barack Obama considers when pandering to the masses with his recommendation that Congress mandate a higher minimum wage.

For example, the above-left figure shows a hypothetical free market at equilibrium: a quantity of 7 employees are demanded and supplied to employers for a price of $30 each.

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