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.”
No, Inflation Is Not ‘Too Much Money Chasing Too Few Goods’ Read More »
Fed watchers and economists write about and watch the Fed with breathy intensity. Can it bring prices down? No, it can’t.
What On Earth Do Fed Rate Hikes Have To Do With Lower Prices? Read More »
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 growth in the future.
How Did the Deep-In-Thought Ever Embrace Low-Birthrate Alarmism? Read More »
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.
The FTC’s Antitrust Case Against Meta Is Laughably Weak Read More »
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.
Gold Is Speaking Very Loudly Now, Is Anyone Listening? Read More »
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.
The Realtors Still Need Market Reform: WSJ Weekend Interview Read More »
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 that give those states life.
No One Spends the Money of Others Like They Do Their Own Read More »
The exciting features of the school Jack would like to build are many more than the ones mentioned in this write-up. They all raise questions having to do with how to build a school that, at least for now, only exists in the imagination of Jack.
‘If I Built a School’ Is a Look at the Future of Schools Read More »
A disturbingly paranoid U.S. political class demands that Beijing-based TikTok owner ByteDance sell TikTok to a U.S. buyer or face a ban.
TikTok’s Theft By Paranoid Politicians Is Very Third World Read More »
Arguably the worst arguments made in favor of a forced sale of TikTok have to do with national security. Missed by pundits and politicians is that trade is the best protection of all for countries interested in national security precisely because it makes invasion of their country so expensive.
If National Security Is the Goal, Then Leaving TikTok Alone Is the Answer Read More »
