Apple's iPhones Are About the U.S. As Much As the World
If you love your iPhone, you passionately adore free trade. Absent the division of labor that the iPhone is a monument to, the supercomputers that sit in our pockets wouldn’t exist.
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Clear filtersJensen Huang and Nvidia's Only "Offense"? Doing Business
If you’re selling your goods into the marketplace, you’re trading with the whole world. The previous truth requires mention as the economically challenged at the New York Times and CNBC claim Nvidia…
The Bigger Meaning Found In Four-Hour Amazon Delivery Times
Thank goodness Jeff Bezos was born in 1964, instead of 1864. If born 100 years earlier, his genius most likely wouldn’t have been felt much beyond the city or town in which he was born.
Union Pacific’s Merger With Norfolk Southern Has Life & Death Qualities
The proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern is about life and death. Yes, you read that right. Which requires a brief digression. Specifically, to Hillary Clinton versus Donald Trump…
The Backwards Looking Media Obsession With Nvidia & China
Vain political attempts to place a wall around U.S. genius wouldn’t be necessary even if they worked… Continue reading on Forbes.
Meta’s “AI Layoffs” Are a Bullish Sign of More Meta Hiring
“Productive labor may render a nation poorer, if the wealth it produces – that is, the increase it makes in the stock of useful or agreeable things – be of a kind not immediately wanted.” – John…
The Profound Foolishness of Google’s Antitrust Harassment
Since human interaction with computers and all manner of other devices is a frontier-free concept, there’s no way to ever credibly decree “dominance.” Continue reading on Forbes.
The Bigger, Paradoxically Compassionate Meaning In Meta’s Layoffs
Ronald Reagan’s father lost his job on Christmas Eve. It’s a reminder of how different things used to be. Since life was so much more uncertain over 100 years ago for the average American, it’s no…
The Overwhelming Absurdity of Jury Vote Against Live Nation
A verdict based on the most narrow definition of the market… Continue reading on Forbes.
TikTok Is to Republicans What Fox Is to Democrats
The launch of Fox News remains one of the great free market stories of modern times. While conservatives had long expressed frustration with the left-wing bias that defined traditional media, Fox…
Google/Meta Verdict: A Whole Lot of Nothing to Feed the Perpetually Alarmed
Cigarettes were referred to as “coffin nails” as early as 1906. That’s what George Will writes at the Washington Post. Will adds that the U.S. Surgeon General didn’t designate smoking as a possible…
Nvidia Is Credit Personified, While the Fed Is But a Distraction
The Fed can’t suffocate credit booms, nor can it instigate them. Continue reading on Forbes.
Amazon and Google Crush the ‘Quarterly Capitalism’ Myth
The U.S. economy would be a fraction of its incredibly vibrant self if investors truly keyed on “quarterly earnings.” Amazon and Google continue to show us why. For background, in the 1970s the cable…
The TikTok “Saga” Is About American Envy, Not National Security
“This saga was never about TikTok’s utility or popularity but its Chinese ownership and apparent links to the Chinese Communist Party.” That’s from a recent editorial in the Washington Post, and it’s…
Gargantuan ‘Big Tech’ Investment Discredits ‘Monopoly’ Alarmism
“While the music industry continues to get buffeted by technological change – here comes the AI wave, next.” That’s how media visionary John Malone describes the relentlessly changing circumstances…
Meta’s Antitrust Victory Brightens Social Media’s Future
Call it a win for common sense, but Meta recently emerged victorious in its antitrust case against the Federal Trade Commission. The U.S. District Court affirmed what the reasonable already knew:…
Amid Ongoing Attacks from Antitrust Ankle Biters, Business Evolves
In his recently released memoir, Born To Be Wired, John Malone writes of attending the 1979 Western Show out in Anaheim, CA. What the TCI CEO witnessed fascinated him, but also terrified him. It was…
Apple’s iPhone Eviscerates Federal Reserve’s Phillips Curve
So much that we see as expensive in the present will be incredibly cheap in the future. There are so many examples of this, so many past examples that so many readers know well (remember…
DOT’s Google Gamble Ignores History
The Department of Transportation’s latest move to hand Google a major technology contract — coming on the heels of its “OneGov” initiative — shows Washington still hasn’t learned one of its most…
195 Million Prime Members Wrecks the FTC’s Case Against Amazon
“Amazon made it easy to sign up for Prime in just two clicks.” That’s how a CNN report on the FTC’s upcoming case against Amazon described it. Which doesn’t help the FTC’s case. To see why,…
With Temu Attacks, We See Politicians Were Sadly Never Stopping at TikTok
Temu is a low-cost online marketplace that has had the temerity to achieve popularity with American buyers while also being Chinese. In response to Temu’s achievements in the world’s most competitive…
Bitcoin Will Never Circulate As Money, But Amazon and Walmart Will
Do you take Amazon or Walmart dollars? In the question it’s easy to see the problem with bitcoin, and other well-known speculations. People aren’t prone to storing their wealth meant for essentials…
Facebook Is Powerful Evidence That Meta Is Not a Monopoly
Meta used to be Facebook. Why state the obvious? The answer is that what’s obvious very much calls into question the FTC’s antitrust case against Meta, the corporation formerly known as Facebook. Ok,…
McDonald’s and Chipotle Mock the FTC’s Attacks On Meta and Instagram
In 1998, fast-food giant McDonald’s invested in a small Colorado burrito chain with just sixteen restaurants: Chipotle. Under McDonald’s leadership over the next seven years — and with an investment…