China’s Emerging Global Leadership Isn’t Just the Result of Subsidies: Entrepreneurship Still Matters in This Market

China has become a global leader in the electric vehicles (EVs) sector, and Western governments are worried that its comparative advantage will become entrenched. Once again, mainstream pundits blame China’s success on government subsidies and unfair competition. This is just a pretext to argue for more government support in a sector which, from the very beginning, has not been driven by genuine consumer demand but by a political green agenda.

Missouri Senate Votes to End Income Taxes on Gold and Silver, Hold Monetary Metals in Reserve

The Missouri Senate today passed legislation that would prompt the state treasurer to hold at least 1% of state funds in gold and silver while eliminating all state income taxes on monetary metals.

In a growing national backlash to the rampant inflation caused by massive federal spending, debt, and central bank money printing, more than a dozen states are already moving forward on sound money bills during their 2023 legislative sessions.

The Federal Reserve and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Economic Policy

It’s sad and laughable, unreal, but not surprising; it didn’t make headlines but should have been front page news. Earlier this month the Federal Reserve released a one-page document called the Statement on Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy.

Deception is easy to spot when the most basic inquiry illuminates falsehoods being implemented as monetary policy. We deserve better. Here are some of the most egregious ideas:

Decorum Propels DC Deceit

During Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden uncorked a series of howlers that eventually spurred heckling from Republican members of Congress. Pundits raced to condemn the backlash to Biden “You saw real white trash on display,” declared James Carville on MSNBC. Carville, who served as President Bill Clinton’s hit man, claimed he had a “the equivalent of a Ph.D.