Power & Market
The GDP Illusion: Surging Statistics Hide Pain for Average Americans
True prosperity cannot be measured by aggregate spending totals prone to manipulation and malinvestment, but by private-sector health, wage gains across income levels, and genuine productive investment.
A Missed Opportunity in Munich
Do not be surprised if the audience’s applause to Rubio's speech turns out to be short lived. He offered nothing new and much that would result in less security for its members.
Reassessing European Contact: Insights from Spanish America
"There’s no doubt that the Americas [and its indigenous populations] were irrevocably changed by European contact. ... In this essay I invite readers to interpret the history of the Americas through a more useful thematic lens: rulers versus subjects."
Media Freedom…if We Can Keep it!
Last week I had the pleasure to again appear on Tucker Carlson’s popular broadcast.
No Country for Old Probability Theorists
Thoughts on risk, uncertainty, and economic action.
When Moderation Becomes Method: Scientism and the Prestige of Experts
The middle of the road reveals itself not as balance, but as a gentle slope toward the rationalized management of social life.
Can We Go Back to the Gold Standard?
Is it theoretically possible to go back to the gold standard? If so, what are some ways it could be implemented?
Freedom at the Extremes: Why Liberty Attracts Both the Brilliant and the Plain
Why does such a strong love of freedom appear both among towering intellects and among those of far more modest cognitive means?
Survival of the Least Fit
We now live in a fundamentally altered landscape where old certainties no longer confer fitness.