No, There’s No Growth In the Funding of Wars
In his 2006 book Who Really Cares, Arthur Brooks wrote of how the late Robert Byrd’s generosity with the money of others could be found all over the state of West Virginia. There was the Robert C.…
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Want Unfairness On the Job? Let the FTC Blanket Ban Non-Competes
A a non-compete clause ban would eviscerate roughly 1/5th of employment agreements in the U.S., and as evidenced by the number, it would increase the cost of hiring for some employers to the…
To Focus On Interest Paid On the Federal Debt Is To Completely Miss the Point
A government that is paying a billion dollars in interest per day is plainly taking in way too much tax revenue, thus its ability to run up so much debt in the first place.
Opposite Monetarists, Neo-Austrians and Keynesians, Wealth Isn’t Money
Money in circulation is an exacting market phenomenon, opposite Monetarists, Neo-Austrians and Keynesians, and it is because goods, services and labor always and everywhere buy goods, services, and…
We Lose Freedom Because Parents Won’t Do Their Jobs
What’s not acceptable is that we must all lose our freedom because parents won’t, or aren’t doing their jobs. Of course, to even suggest do-nothing parents are the problem vis-à-vis TikTok presumes…
Whether Stadiums or Foreign Wars, Beware Pols Spending Your Money
Parker Field was an old wooden baseball stadium in Richmond. We were the # 1 farm team for the Yankees and then the Braves. The place had character. When I was 16, my brother Brick and Andy…
Supply Siders Close To Trump Need To Fix His Dollar Confusion
It used to be broadly understood that inflation was currency devaluation, not a politicized concept that warring ideologies could redefine on the fly. They’ve done exactly this in recent years by…
Yet Another Attempt To Make Sense of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s ‘The Brothers Karamazov’
As always, what’s the point of trying to get through the long Russian novels without writing out the alleged insights? The Brothers Karamazov was much more difficult to follow than Crime and…
If Index Funds Were Politically Motivated, They Wouldn’t Be Index Funds
As index funds rise in prominence, so grows the belief that they’ll use the size of their buying to influence companies in politicized fashion. Except if they did as the critics imagine, they…
No, Inflation Is Not ‘Too Much Money Chasing Too Few Goods’
Former budget director Mick Mulvaney is the latest, but surely not the last to say that inflation is “too much money chasing too few goods.”
What On Earth Do Fed Rate Hikes Have To Do With Lower Prices?
Fed watchers and economists write about and watch the Fed with breathy intensity. Can it bring prices down? No, it can’t.
As You Watch Tiger Woods Work, You’re Seeing the Future of Work
The future will more and more be defined by feverish work that enables us to keep on working. Tiger Woods is an exciting look into this future.
How Did the Deep-In-Thought Ever Embrace Low-Birthrate Alarmism?
Implicit in the right’s deep fear about low birthrates is that humans are static creatures in terms of capability such that fewer babies being born will reveal itself in greatly reduced economic…
The Shameful Mugging of TikTok Is Vivified By Truth Social’s Nothingness
Let’s be real. With the exception of a few die-hards, the only reason anyone knows when Donald Trump posts his “Truths” is because they read about it on platforms they actually care about.
Neither Adults Nor Young Adults Need Fear Social Security’s ‘Insolvency’
Critics of Social Security, and there’s much to criticize, use the lack of a “lock box” or actual “trust fund” to make their emotional cases for the program’s looming insolvency, reduced benefits, or…
The FTC’s Antitrust Case Against Meta Is Laughably Weak
The FTC’s lawsuit runs at cross purposes with its stated intent of fostering competition. If the FTC really is spooked by Meta’s market power and size, it should get out of the way.
'Where 'Dem Dollars At' Is the Solution to the Education Question
So what do Gangsta Boo and Douglas MacArthur have in common? Answer, together they offer the solution on how to fix the cesspool of higher education. Stay with me….. If you are one…
Gold Is Speaking Very Loudly Now, Is Anyone Listening?
Gold sits at all-time highs in dollars. What that signals is that the dollar’s value against the constant that is gold is at all-time lows.
The Realtors Still Need Market Reform: WSJ Weekend Interview
We argue that freedom for Americans to move as they wish through the 50 states is the biggest U.S. prosperity story, only for housing to restrain the mobility.
AI Cheating’ Isn’t Destroying Higher Ed, It’s Exposing Its Demerits
As opposed to AI destroying it, its allegedly broad usage more realistically indicates that higher education has destroyed itself.
Rising Inequality In India Signals Soaring Living Standards
Considering India in terms of the report from 2017, readers can happily bank on it that the number of Indians living without indoor or outdoor plumbing no longer reflects the number that prevailed…
No One Spends the Money of Others Like They Do Their Own
Regardless of the ideological lean of governments, actions by them are not informed by the marketplace. And since they’re not, they negatively impact the people and businesses within their states…
Contra TikTok Paranoiacs, Young Americans Aren’t Political
Americans should be free to patronize any social media site they want for political information and thought, the empirical truth is that Americans in general, and young Americans in particular, don’t…
Trump ‘Fraud’ Allegations Show Why There Was No Fraud
While Rampell wants her readers to believe Trump committed fraud vis-of-vis banks, everything about her column indicates the opposite.