Power & Market
Income Equality: The Middle Classes Aren’t Much Better Off than the “Poor”
It’s easy to find income inequality in the United States when we compared the super-rich with the middle class.
What is “Advanced” Technology?
During research for my book The Skyscraper Curse I started using the phrase “Advanced technology.” It means a means of pr
Why Trump’s Iran Isolation Plan May Backfire
In May, President Trump pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal despite Iran living up to its obligations and the deal working as pla
What the ‘Dumpster Fire’ D.C. Metro Says About Federal Bureaucracy
The District of Columbia Council voted in June to impose a tax increase of almost 500 percent on Uber and Lyft users to help fix the Washington Met
Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Helped Defend Obamacare
Donald Trump has made his second Supreme Court nomination: Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
If Hillary Hates Populism, She Should Love the Electoral College
Hillary Clinton was at it again the other day, complaining about how, if it weren’t for that darned electoral college, she’d be preside
A Cup of Coffee in Venezuela Now Costs 1 Million Bolivars
Two years ago it was 450 bolivars.
Inflation over the past 3 months has been 482,000%, on an annual basis.
Apoplithorismosphobia translated into Polish
My paper “Apophorismosphobia” has been translated into Pol