Trump’s Tariff Policies Are Schizophrenic
Commercial Real Estate Is in Trouble
The Iranian History Ted Cruz Doesn’t Know
Israel’s military operations against the Iranian regime has brought to the forefront deep simmering tensions within the modern American right on the question of foreign policy. At the forefront of this dynamic is President Trump himself, who escalated tensions with Iran his first term by ending the Obama’s administration nuclear deal and authorized military strikes against Qasem Soleimani before prioritizing a new diplomatic arrangement with Tehran during the first six months of his term.
The Privacy Paradox that Never Was
In the serenity that privacy affords, we choose the facets of our lives that we wish to leave untouched by the world. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, in his Olmstead v. United States dissenting opinion, famously described privacy as “the right to be let alone.” But at a deeper level, privacy is a safeguard for liberty. It’s a pillar of decentralized institutions and a foundation of free societies.
A “Great Thinker” at Work
Mr. Milei fancies himself to be a great monetary theorist in the Austrian tradition. To illustrate his unrivalled brilliance here are two revealing exhibits.
War, Peace, and the State
The Greatness of Power and Market
In an earlier column, I wrote about the greatness of Man, Economy, and State. I’d like to continue with a discussion of another great book of his, Power and Market. Actually, that book was intended to be part of MES, but owing to the insistence of one of the readers for the Volker Fund, which funded the publication of MES with Van Nostrand, it had to be removed from the book.
The Delusion of De-Dollarization
The entire narrative of “de-dollarization” is not merely economically flawed—it is, at its core, a collectivist delusion.
Are Bernie Sanders and AOC the New Keepers of the Secret?
Bernie Sanders and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez have been making headlines on their “Fight Oligarchy” tours throughout the country, drawing large, enthusiastic crowds wherever they have gone.