An enduring progressive myth is that racial and religious minorities can only make economic gains if government "levels the playing field." The historical record demonstrates, however, that free markets offer the best opportunities for people in minority groups.
With many in the ruling classes violently reacting to DOGE, one figures that Elon Musk might be on the right path. He could learn much more about the dead hand of government if he were to read Ludwig von Mises.
President Trump issued separate presidential proclamations to increase tariffs to 25 percent on all US steel imports and raise tariffs from 10 to 25 percent on all aluminum imports. What are some of the unintended consequences?
Totalitarian bureaucracy necessitates a constant state of crisis and there is no better creator of crises than imperial machinations.
Phasing out the Department of Education is a step in the right direction towards an increasingly market-oriented system of education.
There‘s a new sheriff in town, and that spells trouble for the vast federal subsidies that undergird much of higher education. With more universities becoming R1 research institutions, the competition for dwindling federal dollars will change the higher education landscape.
President Trump has promised “billions and billions” of dollars in new revenue from his tariffs not to mention economic rejuvenation. The odds are not in his favor, to put it mildly.
Totalitarian bureaucracy necessitates a constant state of crisis and there is no better creator of crises than imperial machinations.
Five years ago, the spread of the Covid-19 virus gave politicians the excuse to go full totalitarian. Their fear-based campaign consisted of authoritarian measures that were based on lies and half-truths.
While Marxist progressives claim that “class conflict” is the source of social ills, the true conflict involves the tax-consuming caste using state power to plunder the productive tax-paying caste.
