Comparing Latin America’s Economic Models: Left vs. Right
It is very difficult to conduct social science experiments, particularly in economics. Beyond some developments in experimental economics that involve lab tests, conducting economic experiments is practically impossible, especially for macro issues. However, fortunately, historical developments provide us with some natural experiments from time to time.
The Fed’s New Policy Risks a Return of the 1970s
On August 27, the Federal Reserve released an important revision to its monetary policy strategy, replacing 2 percent price inflation targeting—initially adopted in 2012—with a new approach in which the Fed will target an average inflation rate instead.
How Government-Owned Streets Prevent Effective Law Enforcement
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Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Is Unethical and Unscientific
The post-covid-19 world is a surrealistic nightmare. Businesses have been shut down arbitrarily without any evidence that these shutdowns save any lives. Tens of millions of Americans have become unemployed due to these shutdowns. There are already demands for mandatory covid-19 vaccination even before a vaccine is available.
Eric July on Making Music, Debating Socialists, and Reading Comics
The CDC Is America’s New Landlord
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The Collapsing Universities—and What We Can Do about It
America’s universities have been taken over by the Left, but the way they are reacting to the fake covid-19 crisis gives us a chance to reconstitute higher education on sound free market principles.
In the name of “diversity,” academic standards have been gutted. Here are some examples. Emily Walton, a sociology professor at Dartmouth, teaches her students about
