Articles, commentary, and opinion on economics, markets, business, inflation, banking, history and more from Parkview Institute Founder John Tamny.
Tractors, cars and computers are ubiquitous today precisely because they thankfully surpassed human ability, and the expectations of many skeptics back then. Let’s hope AI does too.
If AI Can’t Exceed Human Abilities, Then There’s No Point To AI Read More »
Argentina is already “dollarized.” For Javier Milei to decree dollarization would be for him to insert the state into monetary policy.
Javier Milei Needn’t ‘Dollarize’: Market Forces Have Done It for Him Read More »
What will slow the arrival of tomorrow is the federalization of downloads. This law shouldn’t pass.
The Suspicious Federalization of App Downloads for Teens Read More »
American CEOs overseeing a large and growing China presence know exponentially more about the on-the-ground reality in the country than do their critics.
Who Knows Business Better? Pundits, or Those In Business? Read More »
Imagine how staggeringly poor we would be absent all the mechanization and subsequent productive leaps born of oil’s discovery as a crucial source of fuel.
Contra the Experts, ‘Energy Dependence’ Doesn’t Shrink ‘National Wealth’ Read More »
Without standards, money loses value not because it’s circulating too much, but because it circulates in lesser and lesser amounts. The theories are all wrong. To erase inflation, adopt standards. Nothing else works.
There’s a Singular Fix for Inflation, and It’s All About Standards Read More »
This is the real crisis. It’s no reach to say that absent massive government consumption all of these decades, Rodgers would already be playing again.
The Bigger Meaning of Aaron Rodgers’s Potential Return In 2023 Read More »
There’s nothing to all the handwringing about China and “rare earths” despite what economically confused media members and politicians believe.
The Well Overdone Conceit of ‘Rare Earth’ Alarmists Read More »
That the rich account for the vast majority of federal revenues is a logical and empirical reality. It’s a sad reality too, and it’s one that is felt most by those not rich.
Do Conservatives Support Taxpayers, or Do They Support Taxpayers? Read More »
For the Fed to require banks to expand their capital cushions in the aftermath of SVB is the equivalent of Andy Reid telling Patrick Mahomes to take laps since Jets quarterback Zach Wilson threw an interception on Sunday.
As Regulators Attack Banks, ‘Systemic Risk’ Finds a New Address Read More »
