Government

It’s a Jetsons World

Mises: The Jetsons’ world is our world: explosive technological advances, entrenched bourgeois culture, a culture of enterprise that is the very font of the good life. But there is one major difference, and it isn’t the flying car, which we might already have were it not for the government’s promotion of roads and the central

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Startup Maryland Begins Its Tour

Entrepreneurs in Maryland, keep a lookout for a big bus that may head your way, reports Baltimore Business Journal. Startup Maryland, a statewide initiative to highlight and support entrepreneurs, kicked off a three-week bus tour on Tuesday starting in Ocean City and ending at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia Sept. 28. Pitch Across Maryland will

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Making A Buck Off The Prez

Accidental Ad Campaign Weatherproof found a vein of gold in the decision of Obama to use a jacket of the firm during its recent trip to China this past November and placed the ad in a highly visible place. Barack Obama is seen dressed in a black jacket with hands in the pocket, smiling with

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Zimbabwe Needs Its Own SBA

AllAfrica.com: “Capital is a key ingredient and major handicap to entrepreneurship ventures. Government’s recent downward economic growth revision has also exacerbated the situation as funding constraints continue to prevail,” said Jongwe. “The solution lies in government facilitation of entrepreneurship ventures through Sedco (Small Enterprise Development Corporation), which can underwrite risk associated with entrepreneurship.” Jongwe said

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Unemployed Can Now Use Benefits To Start a Business

Washington Post: The U.S. Department of Labor issued guidelines Thursday for state workforce agencies to create programs that would allow their states’ unemployed to collect unemployment insurance while starting their own businesses. The so-called Self-Employment Assistance programs will be funded by a $35 million grant, divided among all 50 states and D.C., and disbursed to

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