Power & Market

For all the political rhetoric about building “affordable housing,” the reality is housing prices will only go up, and tariffs will contribute to the increase.

The US government, starting with Biden and continuing now with Trump, seems eager to make this our war.

If Ivy League protesters love anything more than performative activism, it’s free money, especially when it comes from people they claim to hate.

Phasing out the Department of Education is a step in the right direction towards an increasingly market-oriented system of education.

Trump’s trade policy is structured on creating scarcity. Scarcity does not help either consumers, or producers that need an abundance of goods to produce new products.

The media today is fixated on presenting the economic and emotional cases for and against tariffs. As a result, politicians are free to spew their propaganda and the people become roadkill.

One type of secession active in 2025 is when one or more rural counties seek to secede from the current state to join a neighboring state.

Since the financial crisis, industrial policy has experienced a renaissance in the Western world. Government programs are launched, then large pools of subsidies, targeted R&D funds, and cheap loans are made available for corporations, opening opportunities for cronyism.

It’s important to note that Sweden’s hate speech law is only a small part of the broader “Swedish system” and its democratic shortcomings.

The intelligentsia really feels like they’re in mortal danger. It’s lovely to see.