In the coming weeks, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to issue a new rule superseding a Biden-era interpretation of the Dodd-Frank Act that mandated banks provide data access to financial technology (or fintechs) at zero cost. But rather than simply repeal the mandate, the agency is reportedly considering a hybrid price control/market […]
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Putting aside the moral reasons we are taught not to copy one’s work in grammar school, there is the practical concern your classmate may know as little as you do… Continue reading in the Gettysburg Times.
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While Americans were firing up grills and welcoming the start of summer over Memorial Day weekend, a quiet bombshell dropped half a world away that has reshaped the global artificial intelligence (AI) race. Chinese tech giant Huawei has announced a massive breakthrough in its semiconductor capabilities. This should serve as a stark wake-up call. This fall,
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Happy holidays to everyone who celebrates “National Blame Someone Else Day” — which, unintentionally, may include a handful of senators expected to introduce the “American Innovation and Choice Online Act” in the coming days. Notwithstanding all the taxes, regulations, and federal spending that drain our economy, the politicians championing the bill are loudly blaming
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It’s common for the media to dismiss those extolling the virtues of the classical gold standard by pointing out most mainstream academic economists hate that idea. That skepticism is reminiscent of a time when the academic consensus was also wrong — when we believed the sun and planets revolved around the Earth. Just as
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President Donald Trump renewed his commitment to seeing America win the AI race at his recent summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Trump administration has rejected the Biden approach of centralized government control and heavy regulation and taken the right approach of allowing American technology to flourish. However, these efforts are being challenged by key players such as
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Everyone is frustrated by the high price of gasoline. But it’s important to keep the blame where it’s due, on the economic cost of war, because politicians are quick to follow Rahm Emanuel’s old advice to never let a “serious crisis go to waste.” Such political expediency was recently displayed by Sen Roger Marshall
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Some overestimate the government’s ability to develop novel solutions to challenging problems. NASA’s spacefaring efforts were eventually surpassed by SpaceX, which has maintained a 100% safety record on human flight. The pandemic revealed a litany of federal failures before, during and after, and the crisis. Yet, somehow, this same government supposedly holds the answers
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It is a common refrain among young Americans that they feel priced out of the housing market and have begun to question if homeownership is even attainable… Continue reading on Rawlins Times.
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Dear Senator: My name is Jon Decker and I am a senior fellow at the Parkview Institute supporting economic freedom. I am writing to express my strong opposition to Senate Bill No. 262. While the intention of protecting Alaska’s youth is commendable, this legislation amounts to unprecedented overreach that undermines the fundamental rights of
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