Do We Finally Have a Peace Ticket?
Just as the Harris/Walz campaign was looking for a boost from the content-free Democratic National Convention last week, real drama broke out.
Power & Market
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Nothing Ever Happens
We are stuck in the middle of the road, far away from full socialism or the unhampered market.
Industrial Policy, Green Deals, and the Well-Paid New Public Intellectuals
The renaissance of industrial policy has been promoted by a breed of public intellectuals with considerable financial interests as they are well paid consultants for governments.
Presidential Election or Economic Illiteracy Contest?
While we experience the predictable economic consequences of bad economic policies, the two main presidential candidates seem to be competing in an unspoken contest to demonstrate profound economic illiteracy. Unfortunately, whoever wins in this contest, we lose.
Thousands of Years Later, Price Controls Are Still a Bad Idea
In 301 AD, Roman emperor Diocletian implemented price ceilings on over 1,200 goods. His edict shows that not much has changed regarding the politics and economics of price controls.
Democrats to Escalate Their War on the American Economy
Democrats didn’t even bother to wait for their 2024 National Convention in Chicago to appoint their replacement presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, and to tout the new economic planks to be added to the party’s platform.
When Genocide, Snuff Films, Extra-Judicial Assassinations and Rape Are De Facto Legal
The totem words and adjectives we use to describe Israel, a perverse and pornographically murderous society, fail. One day flows into the next, each indistinguishable in the level of sadistic torture and carnage dreamed up by the IDF Einsatzgruppen.
Fewer Americans Are Willing to Fight and Die for Other Countries
A July poll shows that a majority of the American public does not support sending U.S. troops to defend Taiwan or Ukraine.
Adam Smith, the American Home, and the Religion of Progress
John Tamny and Jack Ryan get heretical about housing. They argue, in part, that owning a home comes with significant costs and may not be "worth it," however, individual consumers decide what costs they are willing to undergo and what is "worth it" for them.
The Feds’ Runaway Deficits Are Here to Stay
The US will add another $2 trillion to the total debt this year, and the US is now spending a trillion of your dollars on interest per year. There is no end in sight.
