Europe’s eye-watering tax levels are a leading cause of stagnation of European economies, as well as the symptom par excellence of statist gluttony.

The excitement of DOGE's early days has mostly dissipated, in large part because Republicans still completely accept the fallacious paradigm of their progressive opponents about how all these government programs are providing necessary services for the American people.

In a recession or a crisis, the right approach for individuals is to save. So too for the national economy. Saving does not cause the economy to fall into recession any more than more spending can save it from recession.

Bastiat emphasized that much of what goes on in the economy involves things we don’t see directly. Intermediaries often fall into Bastiat’s category of things “not seen.”