Power & Market

"We’re each supposed to have our rights, unalienable rights…unalienable even by a majority."

Derek Neal in "Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped" suggests that the black-white skill gap can be attributed to family patterns that deter investment in human capital. 

The relative importance of a category of goods in calculating prices is thoroughly arbitrary. Since it’s impossible to credibly quantify the level of importance of a good in even one person’s life, it’s absurd this is done for the entire country.

Today marks the anniversary of a fateful day in the history of the Western world.

In my latest Mises Wire article, I argued why I believe the S

Back in the wild west days of the housing boom, say 2004-2005, there was a mortgage loan officer who used to pitch an idea to us he called wealthbu

The disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street is not wholly unique to America. Even in Japan, the stock market reaches new highs despite a struggling economy.

Value is a process—one that we’re not just constantly engaged in but also constantly monitoring and learning from. It is in this process—in advancing it forward—that we find the essence of entrepreneurship.

Exploring the political economy of embracing lockdowns is an interesting topic for economists to research.

Republican hypocrisy in claiming to care about spending and debt only when a Democrat sits in the Oval Office is one reason why Democrats can so easily disregard debt. Another reason is the left’s embrace of modern monetary theory.