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If the Biden Administration wants to improve infrastructure — and provide consumers with the best possible goods and services at the lowest possible prices — the best way to achieve that is by…
I think the theory that is global warming an obnoxious conceit. But whether right or ignorant, I don’t want big government fighting these battles with the money of others.
Economists near monolithically believe the Fed can decree “easy money” via its funds rate, that government spending grows the economy, and that by pushing its funds rate low, the Fed can engineer…
Early on in Blood River, Tim Butcher’s difficult-to-put-down but incredibly sad memoir of his trip across the Congo, he writes that it’s a place where “the normal rules of human development and…
To read about the DOJ’s antitrust suit against Live Nation isn’t to find offense, but to realize that Live Nation saw a future amid a fraught time for the industry that its competitors did not. And…
The low-birthrate “crisis” is yet another falsehood belied by market signals and common sense. The alarmism is rooted in the Keynesian view that fewer babies means reduced future consumption that…
How horrifying to think that the price control falsely described as “net neutrality” could deprive us of what the internet could be. And it’s what we aren’t “demanding” from the internet that should…
In their efforts to fight off what they allege are “woke” business practices inside banks, Texas Republicans have taken to harassing financial institutions in a fashion long associated with “woke.”
What investments will not be made if government decree makes investment in an opaque communications future too costly? Let’s hope we don’t have to contemplate the question in the future.
The problem isn’t Bernstein, it’s economics itself. It’s a reminder that the PhDs who turned their noses up to Bernstein’s droolings are every bit the butt of the joke that he’s been the last few…
Who are you going to believe, Warren Buffett and his $167 billion or the rabid critics of banks operating as banks, and who believe banks operating as banks are relentlessly multiplying away the…
It’s the oldest trick in the book for politicians: employing seemingly virtuous titles to disguise legislation, promising benefits that won’t come to fruition, and stressing extreme urgency for…
No one chooses to be an entrepreneur, instead entrepreneurial activity is an expression of disdain for how things are done. If innovation were a choice, none would pursue it given the extremely low…
Cannes, France . I’m here for the film festival. Many memories and current thoughts are flooding my mind. I did part of my law school at Cambridge, where I met the beautiful Maria…
While taking a victory lap over the passage of his signature infrastructure bill, President Biden specifically touted the $42 billion the law designated to “ make Internet access…
The federal government should never have funded Operation Warp Speed, the 2020 central plan quarterbacked by the Trump administration to rush a coronavirus-vaccine to the people.
When Masterpiece Cake Shop chose not to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding on moral grounds, conservatives rightly defended the right of a business owner to refuse the business. Puzzling now is that…
A compelling new book by Jack Ryan and John Tamny argues that young Americans should consider delaying homeownership, for reasons beyond the current mortgage rate climate.
The simple truth is that genius is rarely transferable, and the fact that it isn’t can almost certainly be found in TikTok’s resistance to a sale.
“It became necessary to destroy the town in order to save it.” The previous quote, perhaps apocryphal, relates to a battle over Ben Tre in Vietnam. It comes to mind as ‘limited government’…
Freddie Mac quietly seeks approval from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to back second mortgages. If approval is granted, the U.S. economy will suffer.
“How big is the sun? We just heard right this minute a million of our earths could all fit right in it.” Those words can be found in Dr. Seuss children’s book There’s No Place Like Space: All About…
When I was younger, I used to be able to dunk a basketball. Jerome Powell just admitted that he was baffled that inflation has not come down. According to the Labor Department, wholesale…
Fewer dollars will stretch much further in the future at the same time that the interaction of old people with retirement will change profoundly. More and more will choose work. This truth can…
