Power & Market
Having the Manhood To Be a Coward
Under a draft, if you refuse to fight, you may end up reviled as a coward, and also in prison. To voluntarily submit to this requires a lot of courage.
California Housing Funk Crosses Border to Nevada
The housing market in Nevada depends upon those escaping California taxes and regulation with thousands in home equity to bid up home prices in Nevada.
Jeff Deist in The Washington Times: Rules Won’t Tame the Fed
Jeff Deist's recent editorial in the Washington Times challenges "rules-based" proposals for monetary policy coming from DC think tanks.
This Obamacare Program Was Meant to Save Money, Instead it Killed Thousands
This new study should give pause to all federal policy makers striving for even greater government control over healthcare, but it won’t.
Trump’s Wall, and the “Great” Walls of History
President Donald Trump is pushing for a wall to be built built to prevent immigration through the southern border of the United States.
Rising Inequality and Slowing Productivity Have a Common Driver: Government Intervention
A growing chorus of alarmist voices decries the rising economic inequality in the Western world and especially in the United States.
Police Have No Duty to Protect You, Federal Court Affirms Yet Again
The "social contract" is a one-way street. You pay your taxes or go to jail. In return, the government may or may not provide some of those services you supposedly pay for.
It Turns Out That Trump Loves Low Interest Rates and Fed Stimulus After All
It's now a pretty safe bet that if recession does come during Trump's presidency, he'll be calling for ever-higher levels of stimulus and QE infinity.