State Legislatures Are Finally Limiting Governors’ Emergency Powers
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Major League Baseball Punishes Georgians for the Acts of a Handful of Politicians
If the Nordic Countries Are Socialist, So Are These Less Impressive Countries
Is Price Gouging a Problem?
Is price gouging wrong? For many, this practice does not exactly seem to be ethical. So, there is a moral angle here which suggests that raising prices of goods such as toilet paper and bottled water when a hurricane cuts off supply—and forces the market into a shortage—is not the most humane practice.
The economic angle, which is more important for policymaking, views price gouging as a regular supply-side response to a shock. The economics around this practice suggests that price gouging is not only reasonable, but it also serves many crucial economic purposes.
India’s Crypto-Clueless Regulators
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Biden’s Colossal Budget Confirms Trump-Era Mega Spending Will Continue
The reality of federal spending under Donald Trump did much to put to rest the obviously wrong and long-disproved notion that Republicans are the political party of “fiscal responsibility.” With George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, it was pretty much “full speed ahead” as far as federal spending was concerned. Under George W.