I Just Bought a ThinkPad from a Company in China. The UPS Tracking Reveals the Miracle of Trade.
In 1919, John Maynard Keynes wrote: What an extraordinary episode in the economic progress of man that age was which came to […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
Tariffs Hurt Trump’s Supporters Especially
President Trump has been sending mixed signals about his trade strategy. In the morning hours of May 21, Trump tweeted […]
California (Hopefully) Learns a Lesson about Marijuana Taxes and the Laffer Curve
I wanted California to decriminalize marijuana because I believe in freedom. Smoking pot may not be a wise choice in many […]
Defending the Freedom to Be Awful Is True Tolerance
1986 saw the publishing of the seminal work, The Closing of the American Mind, by University of Chicago professor Alan […]
Austrian Economics Is Essential to Understand Booms, Busts, and Money Itself
Looking to the next few years, will America and the world continue to ride a wave of economic growth, improved […]
Seattle’s ‘Eat the Rich’ Economic Strategy Won’t Solve Its Underlying Problems
Seattle is, by many measures, one of the fastest-growing cities in America, if not the fast-growing city. A few big tech […]
Socialist Policy Tanked Venezuela’s Economy, Not Falling Oil Prices
Left-wing commentators are struggling to come to grips with Venezuela’s economic collapse. In early August, Stanford University professor Terry Lynn […]
The War on Drugs Is Far Deadlier Than Most People Realize
While accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said: The manner in which this war against […]
Ride-Sharing Services Aren’t a Problem, They’re a Solution
According to The New York Times, app-based rideshare services are a serious problem in need of a regulatory solution. While their […]
Sports Fans Win Big from Legalizing Gambling, Now Keep Congress Out of It
Very rarely do I have a reason to praise Chris Christie, but he delivered one today by winning his Supreme […]
California Is Set to Become the First State to Require Solar Panels on All New Houses. Here’s what It Will Do to Housing Costs.
“California is set to become the first state to require solar panels on all newly built single-family houses,” the Los Angeles […]
Time to End Net Neutrality Regulation Once and for All
Scientists tell us there’s no such thing as a perpetual motion machine, but they haven’t seen the interminable debate over […]
The Essential Difference Between Free-Marketers and Big-Government Types-in One Tweet
Why are there so few liberty-oriented societies compared to the number of places with statist governments? And why does it seem like […]
You Can’t Punish Capital without Punishing Workers
I was a big fan of the lower corporate tax rate in last year’s tax bill, largely because I want a better […]
We May Finally See the End of Compulsory Union Dues
By the end of next month, public-sector employee unions will be up to their eyeballs in the orgy of obfuscation […]
Who’s to Blame for Oppressive Taxes, the IRS or the Politicians?
For the past 30 years, I’ve been criticizing both the tax code and the IRS. Which raises an interesting chicken-or-egg question […]