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It’s easy to forget that a little over five years ago U.S. schools were closed, public events were canceled, dining inside restaurants was illegal, the operation of all manner of businesses was…
I’m not a tariff guy. I am a free trade absolutist. Tariffs have always been a bad word. The machinations of the “custom house” helped spark both the Revolutionary War and…
“Every single decision we made was wrong.” That’s how Nvidia founder Jensen Huang described 1995 in the life of Nvidia. Crucial about the wrong decisions was that Nvidia’s first of many recessions…
Before investor Bill Ackman requested from President Trump a pause on his tariffs, he perhaps reasonably observed that Trump deserved the benefit of the doubt, that he’s often forged another path to…
The Fed is tasked with fighting inflation that neither it nor Congress understands. See the accepted view among politicians, economists and pundits that if the Fed centrally plans low, but…
“Obama’s Radicalism Is Killing the Dow.” That was the headline of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by conservative Hoover Institution scholar Michael Boskin on March 6, 2009. With stocks on a…
Meet Karen Screamer. I met her while walking by my local Hands Off rally. She was holding an “Elon Sux” placard in the middle of Main Street. She’s a big one, making it…
Dear President Trump: My name is Phil Bell. We have never met, but I have been both a fan and supporter of yours since I was a little boy growing up in New Jersey. I served as an Alternate Delegate…
Parkview Senior Fellow Jon Decker authored this letter voicing concern with AR SB 612. Dear Senator, I am writing to express my unequivocal opposition to Senate Bill 612 and to urge you to reject…
Debt is a sign of progress. It’s a market signal about growing future earnings for families and businesses. Despite this, politicians continue to argue the opposite. Looking for ways to demagogue the…
Parkview Senior Fellow Jon Decker authored this letter voicing concern with AR SB 611. Dear Senator, I am writing to express my strong opposition to Senate Bill 611, particularly as it introduces…
President Trump promises to bring back manufacturing jobs to the U.S. If we forget that he can’t do what he claims he will, we can at least think about the horrid economic implications of any…
President Trump is doing major damage to his presidency. And no, this opinion piece is not about tariffs. Much more economically damaging than tariffs is a falling currency. Gold is at all-time…
“There is a ‘treasure trove of medicines that could be used for so many other diseases.’” Those are the words of Donald C. Lo, former head of therapeutic development at the National Center for…
The Federal Reserve is irrelevant. Market signals continue to confirm the previous truth while economists and pundits continue to follow what’s irrelevant in breathy fashion. In future decades and…
Parkview Senior Fellow Jon Decker authored this letter to Virginia House Speaker Don Scott. Dear Speaker Scott, I am writing to express my strong opposition to SB 854, particularly in light of…
Right and Left, Republicans and Democrats brought great shame on themselves with their efforts to ban TikTok. Pizza Hut crystalizes the previous truth. But before discussing Pizza Hut, it should be…
2025 saw Washington, DC shaken to its core by President Trump’s establishment of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Far from past efforts to “streamline” government, the Elon Musk-led…
If the U.S. were ever so foolishly intent on shrinking inequality, doing so would be easy: abolish usage of cars, planes, computers, smartphones and the internet. Presto, inequality shrunk…
History will show that as traditional test scores meant to gauge in-class learning fell in the U.S., so rose the economic prospects of that same U.S. Pundits fail to see this because they view…
Parkview Senior Fellow Jon Decker authored this letter to Colorado Governor Jared Polis. Dear Governor Polis, I am writing to express my deep concern regarding Senate Bill 25-086, “Concerning…
Mrs. Pemberton was my first-grade teacher. Not long ago, I appeared in front of the Richmond County Planning Commission to pitch a mixed-use real estate development. Mrs. Pemberton was a…
They all want to “rent” Warren Buffett’s name. If Buffett thinks highly enough of your business to invest in it, most every investor not named Buffett will seriously contemplate following his lead.…
With one foot out the door, the Biden administration’s CFPB announced a new rule to cap overdraft fees that banks charge when spotting borrowers’ money. Fortunately, the Trump administration’s…
