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Clear filtersCongress is acting rationally, and in sober fashion. As the wealth pie grows so does federal tax revenue, along with the ability of Treasury to borrow in growing amounts for a Congress that is still…
Milton Friedman's monetarism is Keynesianism’s something-for-nothing variant.
"The next task for education reform isn't merely helping parents identify good schools but understanding what makes schools good." That's Robert Pondiscio of the American Enterprise Institute, in a…
Let's not confuse the production of knowledge with its suffocation. The former is prediction markets, the latter is gambling.
Without insider trading, the stock markets are blinded. Which means we need more insider trading.
Social Security’s rising costs restrain the growth of the federal government. Yes, you read that right.
The danger of the very few arrogating to themselves power over the many.
The Play Station 2's arrival in the U.S. apparently never kept Peggy Noonan up at night. At least not publicly.
Knowledge is wealth. Prediction markets enable the voluminous creation of knowledge.
Soaring government debt bodes well for your investment returns. This is true for both stocks and bonds.
Argentina doesn’t need to dollarize, but it very much needs a stable dollar. There’s a difference. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
“These days, people become cooks instead of becoming lawyers or doctors.” That’s Wolfgang Puck, from a 2016 interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Alexandra Wolfe. In Wolfe’s words from the same…
Prediction markets are the opposite of gambling exactly because the participating individuals are bringing their own knowledge and money to the prediction.
Le Diplomate is one of the toughest tables in Washington, DC. When it opened in 2013 its wildly popular Burger Americain (with French fries) set diners back $14, according to the Washington Post.…
How unfortunate if the U.S. loses the AI race not because it’s not competitive, but because politics needlessly got in the way.
Without the rich, non-profit organizations would be relatively scarce. The previous statement isn’t ideological as much as it’s merely a statement of the obvious that whether the arts, ideas, health,…
Nvidia’s share price is up 1,681% since October of 2020. The timing is notable because it was also in October of 2020 that the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Google based on its…
As opposed to a signal of worsening problems in the mortgage industry itself, United Wholesale Mortgage's struggles signal a company-specific reckoning.
“The state of the world is terrifying.” That’s the excellent Bret Stephens from a recent conversation he had with the similarly excellent Frank Bruni at the New York Times. Stephens might admit to…
In the late 19 th century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest publicly traded corporation in the world. By figuratively shrinking the U.S. and the world through shipments of goods and inputs…
Breaking inflation is easy. It involves electing a president who believes in a dollar rendered strong by its stability. Alas, Donald Trump is not that president.
“Sandy Koufax teases me. He said ‘Why weren’t you smart enough to come up with that 10 years before? Then it would be the Koufax operation.’” The words in quotes come from legendary orthopedic…
The biggest threat to your livelihood is the indolence of others. Or if they’re dead.
Progress is not defined by what we know, it’s what we no longer need to know. National Review editor Rich Lowry seemingly disagrees.
