Seeking to Land Punches on Amazon, the FTC Is Punching Itself
Walmart can offer ‘Everyday Low Prices’ because it makes up in bulk sales for lower prices charged per unit. This is worth remembering with the FTC’s mindless attacks on Amazon.
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The Looming, and Intensely Profound Impact of AI on Retirement
The surest sign of a booming economy is falling prices, and the marriage of man with thinking/doing machines is set to bring on the cheapest of “Cheap Revolutions.” Retirees will live grandly, and at…
There’s No Growth-Inflation Link, and There Never Has Been
GDP growth and rates of unemployment would never be the reason to question the Phillips Curve. Simple logic indicates that there’s no link between growth and inflation, and there never has been.
The GOP Could Have Dismissed 4.9% GDP Growth, But Instead Owns It
Few things are more fundamental to economic understanding than the basic truth that government has no resources.
Banks Deserve – and Need – Much Better Than Their Media Coverage
Sternberg fears “alchemy” blowing up in the faces of bank executives, but the more realistic truth is that there’s not enough.
Why Are Texas Republicans Attacking Banks In Texas?
Why would Texas politicians, and Texas Republicans in particular, risk their hard-won pro-business brand for political posturing that vandalizes basic economics?
The Republicans Were Much, Much Better When They Were the Party of the Rich
Bringing it back to the Republicans and the right, the rich get that way by doing remarkable things that make the U.S. the envy of the world. The rich are brilliant. Why would Republicans and the…
America’s Economic Pundits Don’t Deserve the U.S. Economy
Translated for Foroohar, worker productivity is a magnet for the very investment that pushes wages upward. All of this is and so much more is lost on Foroohar. America’s economy deserves better.
The Mindlessness of the FTC’s Amazon Lawsuit Can Be Found In ‘Eras’
That Amazon would place all sorts of demands on its third-party vendors is logical, and once again obvious. Lina Khan may know she has no case, but if she doesn’t, she could find it through the Eras…
Google Is Searching For the Future As William Barr Searches for Fotomat
Barr’s Google attack was contradictory, which is a waste of words. Any argument suggesting impregnable monopoly is by its very description contradictory. Worse for GOP is that Barr bragged that the…
If I Don't Make It To Heaven, Let It Be One of Hef's Mansions
Richmond, Virginia has more ghosts per capita than any other city in the country. I don’t know why spirits like to hang around here the way they do. It could be because Virginians can…
What Happens When Monetarist Central-Planning Marries Santa Keynes
Keynesian theory says governments can grow the economy with spending, but that too much government spending causes inflation. Monetarism, a Keynesian variant, claims that increases in so-called…
‘Nepo Baby’ Insults Gwyneth Paltrow, Reveals Her Critics As Spoiled
One of the more obnoxiously obtuse narratives making the rounds today is the one about “nepo babies.”
Government Spending Is An Affect of Growth, Never An Instigator
Here’s the why behind The Parkview Institute. The goal will be to optimistically correct all the misunderstanding that pollutes the opinion pieces of the dominant ideologies.
Israel Is Justified In Taking Radical Steps To Ensure Its Continued Existence
Various cultures are different. Some cultures are better than others. “Oh, Mr. Rob Is Right, you can’t say that! That makes you a PHOBE, a hater, a white supremacist and a…
With Export Controls Gina Raimondo Vandalizes Logic, & U.S. Companies
Wrapping its thoughtless actions in “national security” sanctimony, the Biden administration will weaken a U.S. always and everywhere made stronger by imports, all the while reducing the cost of war…
Lina Khan Hasn’t Found An Antitrust Violation, She’s Found the Past
When Kimbal (brother of Elon) Musk brought the idea of an online directory of businesses to the head of the Toronto Star, he was dismissed haughtily for believing with his brother that the internet…
The Fed Is Frustrated That Its Five-Year Plan Isn’t Working
Dumb as government economic statistics are, the recommended responses to them are exponentially dumber.
Bob Menendez Is a Symptom
“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the Legislature is in session,” is an old saw of American politics. It’s even truer for Congress.
Potential Upside To All the Past Federal Waste?
History says the governmental incompetence that Jenkins so routinely and expertly reveals doesn’t stop at our borders. Maybe past government waste will finally bring with it an upside.
The Bullish Development of Global LNG Markets
Another benefit of globalized LNG markets will be the quieting of country autocrats who merely threaten to cut off the flow commodities, along with the pundits who have a naïve tendency to believe…
You Can’t Separate the Unemployment Report From the Virus and the Border
In prosperous economies the surest sign of prosperity is relentless job destruction. In 2020, we saw job destruction of a different kind whereby panicky politicians decided economic contraction was…
Why Do Harvard Students and Teachers Tell Lies About Israel?
By now, I am sure you’ve heard that 31 Harvard University student organizations are holding Israel “entirely responsible” for the Hamas terrorist attack that brutally…
We Need Term Limits Precisely Because So Many Like Their Congressman
Congress is widely loathed by Americans who continue to overwhelmingly re-elect their own representative. This paradox speaks to the importance of strict term limits.