Articles, commentary, and opinion on economics, markets, business, inflation, banking, history and more from Parkview Institute Founder John Tamny.
Former attorney general William Barr is at it again with his overnight conversion to “monopoly” critic. He claims that if “allowed to dominate AI,” Microsoft, Google and Amazon “could reinforce and extend their supremacy over more of the economy.”
If They’re Talking ‘Monopoly,’ They Don’t Have a Clue What One Is Read More »
Banks are presently being asked to provide high-level service to customers in return for nothing. Sorry, it’s not going to work.
Like Every Other Business, Banks Have Investors To Please Read More »
Live Nation’s reward for risking everything on an uncertain tomorrow is a lawsuit from a federal government eager to tear it town.
Phil Knight and Nike Enunciate the DOJ’s Fatuous Case Against Live Nation Read More »
It is of tremendous importance to push back against calls for more protectionism with China. Trade helps our economy, and it keeps us safe.
Trade Protectionism Helps Nobody—Not Even the Pandas Read More »
As always, economists (and the Schools they inspired) never disappoint. If we ignore that prices rarely have much to do with inflation (a currency phenomenon) as is, what a strange way to try and bring about lower prices.
Ikea Reminds Us Falling Prices, Not ‘Pricing Power,’ Cheer Investors Read More »
Self-proclaimed libertarians claim Argentine president Milei must “dollarize.” Really? Why? And what on earth does government decreeing the dollar as the currency of exchange have to do with free markets?
Dollar Stability, Not ‘Dollarization,’ Is the Fix for Javier Milei Read More »
TikTok is set for a September court appearance to contest the decision of Congress and the Biden administration to force the app to divest or cease operations. Let’s hope it prevails. The ink hadn’t even dried on President Biden’s signature on bipartisan legislation that would force ByteDance to sell the app or have it be banned in the
TikTok ban: Is it about data collection or punishing China? Read More »
David Bahnsen’s excellent new book is titled Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life. In it he makes a case that we were put here to produce.
Book Review: David Bahsen’s Essential ‘Full-Time’ Read More »
Wallace-Wells’s lament that the U.S. is well behind China is a feature, not a bug. Since we really don’t know, why not let China find out for us?
It Doesn’t Matter If China Is ‘Winning’ the Green Tech Race Read More »
Credit/debit card issuers quite literally finance the purchases of customers, they enhance the ability of customers to make purchases by not limiting them to what’s in their pockets, and most of all they free retailers from a myriad of burdens including judging the cash or creditworthiness of buyers.
There’s No ‘Junk’ In Credit Card Swipe Fees, Just Essential Service Read More »
