Jake Desyllas is an independent scholar and holds a PhD in architecture from University College London.

The Evil of the Welfare State

One of the things about America’s welfare-state way of life that has long fascinated me is how welfare-state advocates are convinced that this way of life reflects the goodness of the American people. By the same token, anyone who opposes this way of life is considered to be heartless, uncaring, selfish, and self-centered.

CPI Price Inflation Slows as Oil Prices Fall and Rents Flatten

After a long delay, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics today reported its price inflation report for the first time since the September report. According to the report, price inflation, as measured by the CPI slowed in November, both year over year, and from September to November. (Most October CPI data was not collected due to the federal shutdown.)