Book Review: Amor Towles' Excellent 'Table For Two'
I have become an Amor Towles fan. Last April I authored a review of Towles’ A Gentleman In Moscow. Occasionally, I have to sue crooked fiduciaries who have breached their duties to my…
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Doctors Didn’t Disappear, They’ve Happily Chosen to Earn More
Doctors still exist, but technology has happily freed them from a business model of old that allowed them to see and treat a tiny fraction of the individuals they could and will be able to treat in…
Beyond Prosperity, AI Will Imbue the World With Immense Dignity
The erasure of work won’t put mean we’re not working, but it will mean we’re working in ways that maximize our ability to showcase our unique skills and intelligence.
The Trump Tax Cuts Were Keynesian, Not Supply Side. Let Them Lapse
Consumption is once again a consequence of reducing the tax burden on those (the rich) most penalized by taxes. No serious supply-sider would disagree with what’s just been said, which is why it’s…
Janet Yellen Is the Big Threat to the U.S. Economy, Not China
Janet Yellen asserted that “if we do not respond strategically and in a united way” to “China’s industrial policy,” the “viability of businesses in both our countries and around the world could be at…
Being Appreciative and Experiencing Joy Is a Gift From Above
The best summer of my life was working in Nantucket right after I graduated from Virginia. Southerners have a way of gravitating to one another. While other regions of the countries have 6…
The Fed Extols the Virtues of Cake to Debit-Card Users
Put another way, the Fed’s imposition of price ceilings on debit cards will be felt most uncomfortably by those with the most limited access to banking and its various services.
As Wealth Grows, Social Security’s Political Potency Plummets
Watch as tomorrow’s retirees are won over not with entitlements, but with political competition to reduce taxes on retirement withdrawals in concert with plans to delay the withdrawal age to well…
Jennifer Lopez Is a Reminder of the Huge Risks Live Nation Took
Lopez is the embodiment of the major risks Live Nation took to get where it is, and how perilous its status will always be given the massive uncertainty (remember Tower Records, Friday Night Videos,…
On the Matter of Expensive Big Macs, McDonald’s Isn’t to Blame
Talmon Joseph Smith and Jordyn Holman of the New York Times recently reported that “Over the past year, a series of indignant McDonald’s customers took to social media and posted receipts of orders…
Will a Texas Stock Exchange Mean Much In a Federalized U.S.?
Markets are great, but it’s hard to see how the TXSE would be all that different thanks to so much in the way of federal rulemaking.
Book Review: Lance Morrow’s Wonderful ‘The Noise of Typewriters’
Morrow’s book is another very entertaining look back at how things used to be in media. It’s a great read, and that’s why at 180 pages it’s too short. The book is titled “The Noise of Typewriters.”
If They’re Talking ‘Monopoly,’ They Don’t Have a Clue What One Is
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…
Hunter Biden Surely Broke the Law, But Not Natural Law
Dad was a well-known lawyer. No one loved the law more than he did. He’s been dead for 36 years. Yesterday, I was at a funeral. An elderly gentleman, a lawyer I didn’t know…
Like Every Other Business, Banks Have Investors To Please
Banks are presently being asked to provide high-level service to customers in return for nothing. Sorry, it’s not going to work.
Phil Knight and Nike Enunciate the DOJ’s Fatuous Case Against Live Nation
Live Nation’s reward for risking everything on an uncertain tomorrow is a lawsuit from a federal government eager to tear it town.
Trade Protectionism Helps Nobody—Not Even the Pandas
It is of tremendous importance to push back against calls for more protectionism with China. Trade helps our economy, and it keeps us safe.
Ikea Reminds Us Falling Prices, Not ‘Pricing Power,’ Cheer Investors
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…
Dollar Stability, Not ‘Dollarization,’ Is the Fix for Javier Milei
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…
TikTok ban: Is it about data collection or punishing China?
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…
Book Review: David Bahsen’s Essential ‘Full-Time’
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.
Rather Than Writing Op-Eds, I'd Like To Be With Models
I wish I didn’t have to write this article. I’d rather be hanging out on the beach having super models dropping grapes in my mouth, fetching me beer and telling me how brilliant…
It Doesn’t Matter If China Is ‘Winning’ the Green Tech Race
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?
There’s No ‘Junk’ In Credit Card Swipe Fees, Just Essential Service
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…