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"The Retail Bubble Has Now Burst": A Record 8,640 Stores Are Closing In 2017

"The Retail Bubble Has Now Burst": A Record 8,640 Stores Are Closing In 2017

        “Thousands of new doors opened and rents soared. This created a bubble, and like housing, that bubble has now burst.”

        - Richard Hayne, Urban Outfitters CEO, March 2017

The devastation in the US retail sector is accelerating in 2017, and in addition to the surging number of brick and mortar retail bankruptcies, it is perhaps nowhere more obvious than in the soaring number of store closures.

End Airline Protectionism: Allow Foreign Carriers On Domestic Routes

End Airline Protectionism: Allow Foreign Carriers On Domestic Routes

Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute,

In the wake of the United Airlines debacle - in which the airline had airport police assault one of its own customers - customers have begun to ask why there doesn't seem to be more competition for United to contend with. They ask: would United treat its customers so poorly if they had more competition? 

Maybe not. 

Is the Airline Industry Competitive? 

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