Stop Calling Cronyism Protectionism
Here’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal: Uncle Sam’s scheme to punitively tax Americans who buy low-priced lumber from Canada is […]
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Progressive Labor Policies Stymie Growth and Exacerbate Inequality
A few days ago, the former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) during the Obama Administration wrote an […]
Why Computers Are Less Expensive Than Health Care
With last month’s release of AMD’s Ryzen 7 processors and the recent release of AMD’s Ryzen 5 processors, tech geeks […]
Negative Balance of Trade? So What?
The tendency of the USA to have a negative balance of trade (more accurately known as a negative balance on […]
Should Taxpayers Be Fleeced Forever Because of the Deficit?
As anyone could have predicted, after President Trump released his tax proposal last week the response from the left was […]
Why Luxury TVs Are Affordable when Basic Health Care Is Not
Imagine this. You are feeling under the weather. You pull out your smartphone and click the Rx app. A nurse […]
Free Markets Accomplish Progressives’ Housing Ideals
The people who live in coastal urban cities tend to be a pretty progressive bunch. We’re leading the country on […]
Leftists Understand Economics When it Suits Them
What’s the right way to define good tax policy? There are several possible answers to that question, including the all-important […]
5 Charts That Will Shift Your Perspective on Poverty
Angus Deaton, the Nobel-prize winning economist (who also sits on the advisory board of HumanProgress.org), recently reiterated his belief that on the […]
