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.
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Writing by John Tamny and Parkview contributors, from the latest commentary to the collected archive.
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Clear filtersNo, 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.…
The Federal Reserve’s Challenge Is Economists, Not Too Much Growth
There was a time when it was accepted wisdom at the Hoover Institution that market interventions slowed economic output. How things change.
Funding of Ukraine’s War Effort In No Way Boosts Growth
The killing of Ukrainians by Russians, and Russians by Ukrainians could in no way stimulate growth in the United States. What annihilates human capital annihilates the knowledge that powers growth…
Since When Is Progress Bad for White or Blue Collar Workers?
eople run from the work of the past, which is all the evidence we need that white collar work will get better and better as AI proliferates.
Pro-Growth Tax Cuts Reduce the Burden On the Rich. Trump’s Increased It
Growth matters, it’s crucial, and it can best be achieved when the tax burden is shrunk for those most capable of saving over spending.
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.
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.
Budget Deficits Don’t Power Economic Growth, They’re a Consequence of It
The implied point in the Post headline was that government spending makes most sense when the economy is weak, a supposition suggesting that central planning of resource allocation is most needed…
Wealth Creation Is Always About Self Control and Discipline
Halloween. Folklore. Traditions. I am amazed at the popularity of Halloween, and equally amazed at how closely it resembles its ancient Celtic roots. The British Isle Celts referred to this…
More Than Anything, Rising Prosperity Brought On the End of Human Bondage
Samuel Johnson, the English essayist, Tory and devout Anglican said: “Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal, and a man may be properly charged with that evil which he neglected or refused to learn…
Will Faster Growth Mean Lower Stock Returns?
Will Faster Growth Mean Lower Stock Returns? That might seem a ridiculous question but it isn't as easy to answer as one might think. A conventional analysis says the recent tax cuts will create…
Two Markets Diverge: TIPS, Gold & Growth
Gold has been highly correlated with real interest rates in the past. In particular the relationship between the 5 Year TIPS yield and gold has been very tight. This chart shows the 5 Year TIPS yield…