Articles, commentary, and opinion on economics, markets, business, inflation, banking, history and more from Parkview Institute Founder John Tamny.
The normally excellent Lance Morrow is the latest to try and tie greater historical meaning to education at Groton, Yale and Harvard. In his case, he’s trying to connect the latter to the Vietnam disaster.
Where You Went To School Isn’t the Source of Your Incompetence Read More »
In reality, one Jose Antoio Ibarra is being charged with committing an incredibly despicable act. Immigrants shouldn’t own his sickness any more than gun owners should own the acts of mass shooters. Horrible people kill, not immigrants or gun owners.
Guns Don’t Kill People, Neither Do Immigrants Read More »
As poets write China’s economic obituary, actual U.S. businesses are rapidly expanding in China. Whom are you going to trust?
The Blind Spots of the Critics of China’s ‘Tanking Economy’ Read More »
Barr’s fear of Apple shouldn’t surprise us, while at the same time reminding us just how detached his analysis is from market realities. No, Apple does not violate antitrust law.
No, William Barr, Apple Does Not Violate Antitrust Law Read More »
Reagan tax cuts did cause deficits, but not for the reasons expressed by Democrats, Republicans, and supply siders.
Democrats, Republicans, and Supply-Siders Misread Reagan Deficits Read More »
Capital One and Discover aren’t merging to dominate the present, rather they’re combining in an effort to discover an always opaque future.
Capital One/Discover Is Crucially About Discovering the Future Read More »
University of Exeter professor Marc-William Palen’s Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World, is out. What a great book. While left wingers in the 19th century didn’t invent the natural act of trade, they had a tendency to embrace it as a way of avoiding war and imperialist tendencies.
Book Review: Marc-William Palen’s Crucial ‘Pax Economica’ Read More »
As always, the internet is forever. Consider that with the quote that leads today’s write-up by oh-so eminent and intelligent economist Lawrence Summers. In 2022, he was more than adamant that years of high unemployment were required to lick what he imagined inflation to be.
Lawrence Summers’s ‘Inflation’ Miss Was the Norm Among Economists Read More »
While conservatives worry endlessly about lefty academics and pundits like them in the media, they’ve arguably taken their eyes off of the proverbial ball.
Fearful of Lefty Academics, Conservatives Arguably Ignore a Bigger Risk Read More »
The killing of Ukrainians by Russians, and Russians by Ukrainians could in no way stimulate growth in the United States. What annihilates human capital annihilates the knowledge that powers growth along with the division of labor which is the instigator of the productivity without which there is no growth.
Funding of Ukraine’s War Effort In No Way Boosts Growth Read More »
