Naturally Immigrants Look "Back Office." That's Why They're Here
Immigration is “a humiliating trial that exposes your most unflattering characteristics and your deepest weaknesses.” That’s Anya Gillinson in her 2024 memoir, Dreaming In Russian.
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Prediction Markets Are A Rejection Of The ‘Luck’ That Christians Decry
While casinos and sports books succeed based on luck never trumping the proverbial House, prediction market platforms prosper only insofar as they’re seen as predictive.
If Housing Is Out of Reach, Then We Need More Wall Street
Who cares what economists think? The question rates asking after a recent report in the Wall Street Journal noted how “economists increasingly believe that higher U.S. interest rates will define the…
Though It Would Be An Improvement, a Flat Tax Is a Wealth Tax
California must have the best tax code of any U.S. state. How else to explain that in the past year the Golden State attracted three times more investment than all 49 other U.S. states combined?
There's No AI Victory For the U.S. Without the World's Workers
While most know the Los Angeles Dodgers for their Japanese stars, including Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamato, the overall roster includes another Japanese player, one from Venezuela, one from…
“Chinese” AI Is Very American, And “American” AI Is Very Chinese
China and the U.S. aren't in an artificial intelligence "war" with each other, rather they're joined at the hip to the certain betterment of AI.
'We're Burdening the Children' Is An Abjectly Keynesian Fatuity
“We’re burdening the children” and “we’re burdening the grandchildren” have been used repeatedly by so-called “deficit hawks” for decades. Les Rubin is the latest - but surely not the last - deficit…
$480,000-a-Year Cancer Pills Signal Affordable Cancer Cures In the Future
The democratization of cancer cures is at our proverbial doorstep. See the $480,000-a-year cancer pills referenced in the title of this opinion piece.
The NFL’s Prediction Markets’ Stance Would Sap Crucial NFL Knowledge
While an information edge can plainly be problematic for casinos taking wagers, information is what gives life to prediction market platforms.
We Must Put To Bed The Milton Friedman Myth About The Great Depression
“Soon, I’d see inmates unveil smartphones all around me. The economy inside prisons is an incredible testament to the power of capitalism and how creatively goods will flow to those who want them, so…
Americans Are at Home Everywhere In the World
If you’re a U.S. citizen, you’re at home anywhere in the world. No other nationality can claim this.
About France's National Debt, There's No There There
There’s no there there to the French national debt story. Basic market signals confirm as much.
The Problem Isn’t With Wells Fargo, It’s With Modern White Houses
Sometimes doing what’s “best” for shareholders is very sadly doing what the existing White House most desires. Banks aren't the problem, but Washington is.
By Doing and Thinking For Us, AI Will Render Us Smarter Than Ever
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to drive a human knowledge explosion. The latter speaks to the genius of machines that do and think for us. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
The Courts Crucially Recognize That Prediction Markets Are Not Casinos
Gambling suffocates knowledge, while prediction markets reward knowledge on the path to the creation of abundant information that is wealth personified.
Data Center Proliferation Foretells Rapidly Falling Electricity Prices
Data centers will eventually drive down electricity prices, perhaps to zero. If not, close to zero.
Without The Chinese, The U.S. Can’t Win The AI Race With China
AI, like any other technological endeavor, is people driven.
Congress Isn't Drunk, and It Hasn't Yet Begun To Drink
Congress is acting rationally, and in sober fashion. As the wealth pie grows so does federal tax revenue, along with the ability of Treasury to borrow in growing amounts for a Congress that is still…
Who Needs Central Planning When We Have Conservatives?
Milton Friedman's monetarism is Keynesianism’s something-for-nothing variant.
Parents Know Good Schools, and What Makes Them Good
"The next task for education reform isn't merely helping parents identify good schools but understanding what makes schools good." That's Robert Pondiscio of the American Enterprise Institute, in a…
Prediction Markets: An Aggregation Of Knowledge That Casinos Suffocate
Let's not confuse the production of knowledge with its suffocation. The former is prediction markets, the latter is gambling.
We Don't Need More Rep. Pelosi's, We Need More Nancy Pelosi's
Without insider trading, the stock markets are blinded. Which means we need more insider trading.
Social Security Is Protection From An Activist Congress
Social Security’s rising costs restrain the growth of the federal government. Yes, you read that right.
The Tyrannical Global Implications Of Suncor V. Boulder
The danger of the very few arrogating to themselves power over the many.