Elizabeth Warren Looks to Make Cronyism Great Again
Donald Trump wants to make protectionism great again. Bernie Sanders wants to make socialism great again. And if we continue […]
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The Troubling Internal Logic of the Far Left’s Calls for Violence
Before comedian Louis CK was drummed out of show business for sexual misconduct, he offered a prophetic insight into the […]
What the Origins of Money Teaches Us about Spontaneous Order
Money has been around for most of human history. From Mesopotamia (or even earlier), all civilizations have employed some kind […]
Why California Cities Are Becoming Unlivable
In July, the mayor of San Francisco frankly stated that poverty in the city is so bad, that “there is […]
Free Trade or Protectionism: Let’s Boil It Down to the Basics
The policies and, even more, the tweets of the current President of the United States have made trade and trade […]
Paul Krugman, Supply-Side Economist?
I’ve been writing about the Laffer Curve for decades, making the simple point that there’s not a linear relationship between […]
Dear Democratic Socialists: Entitlements Are Not Rights
In her official platform, socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez supports tuition-free public college and trade school for all, housing as a human […]
Millennials’ Rosy View of the Welfare State Dwindles Once They’re Told What It Costs
On Aug. 13, the release of a new Gallup survey made headlines with its shocking results. The poll found that […]
You Can’t Argue against Socialism’s 100 Percent Record of Failure
Socialism is extremely in vogue. Opinion pieces which tell us to stop obsessing over socialism’s past failures, and start to […]
Escape from New York: Big Government Is Chasing Away the Small Businesses It Doesn’t Kill
Big government is crushing small business owners around the nation, punishing decades of hard work and job creation. Too few […]
How Socialists Make Economics the ‘Dismal Science’ in Spite of Rising Prosperity
Eighteenth-century economist Thomas Carlyle called economics a dismal science not just in reaction to economist Tomas Malthus’ view that economic […]
Free Trade Makes Us All Richer (Even If Other Countries Don’t ‘Play Fair’)
This week my colleague Ryan Young rightly warned that the White House’s newly announced tariffs on Chinese goods will harm […]
Socialism, Like Dracula, Rises Again from the Grave
Many of us grew up watching Dracula movies-Nosferatu, the “Undead.” Fearful of the sunlight that could burn him into cinders, […]
No, This Won’t Be a ‘Trade War to End All Trade Wars’
It is no surprise that President Trump’s trade war has many supporters. An understanding of the law of comparative advantage […]
How Communism Became the Disease It Tried to Cure
From Radical Revolutionaries to Privileged Bureaucrats The great German sociologist, Max Weber (1864-1920) offered an understanding of the evolution of […]
Want to Help the Poor? Don’t Increase the Minimum Wage, Reform Occupational Licensing
A new report from the University of Wisconsin-Madison comparing employment between Minnesota and Wisconsin after Minnesota raised its minimum wage […]