Monthly Archives: May 2019

A couple of years ago, I praised federalism in part because state and local governments would be less likely to adopt bad policy (such […]

Monetary Stability and the Independence of the Federal Reserve Bank Monetary stability is essential for countries to thrive. A stable […]

[Gunnar] Myrdal stated, “Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by governments […]

There’s a common misconception that conservatives are hostile toward affordable housing. While it’s true that the rhetoric surrounding housing and […]

In a recent post, Cafe Hayek‘s Don Boudreaux points out the contradiction in opposing immigrants because they work and opposing them because […]

“I see my hand and scream in horror as it hadn’t completely come off, it was hanging from my wrist, […]

Democratic socialists have presented Denmark as the elusive nation where socialism has been successful and thus a model for the […]

Last year, total student debt in the United States passed the $1.5 trillion mark. Even after subtracting loans that are […]

‘This book is an attack on current city planning and rebuilding.’ This is how Jane Jacobs opened her 1961 classic […]

Just last month, I wrote about Argentina’s grim economic outlook and criticized the supposed right-of-center President, Mauricio Macri, for failing […]

American college graduates are suffering financially under the weight of $1.5 trillion of student loan debt. The bulk of that […]

My friend and former student Paul Gerner suggested to me a few years ago that the federal government have a […]