Bureaucracy and Regulation

As inflation gets worse in Nigeria, politicians call for price controls and other government interventions. Unfortunately, they never consider the option of free markets. 

Antitrust regulators claim that antitrust law and enforcement is necessary to preserve competition and foster economic innovation. In truth, antitrust law is anti-innovation and anti-competition.

When municipalities embrace new technologies, people often refer to them as “smart cities.” However, all too often these technological “revenue enhancers” are nothing more than shakedowns of local citizens.

With its focus on dismantling the administrative state, Project 2025 represents a refreshingly serious turn for the American right. However, its policy prescriptions remain frustratingly moderate.

The late Walter Williams was a clear thinker when it came to issues of race and economics. While some socio-economic differences in society can be attributed to racism in society, most of it cannot, and Williams was not shy in pointing out that fact.

The Watergate scandal spurred a number of “reforms” that were allegedly designed to make the federal government “more responsive.” Yet, these reforms did little other than increase federal power.

Kamala Harris is more than a continuation of the Obama-Biden progressive interventionism at home and abroad. She's an acceleration. 

Contrary to popular belief, China's economy depends much less on central planning than in the past. China is strong in EV development, and the success is due not to government subsidies and direction but to plain good economics.

Accusations are aimed at the fashion industry of "exploiting" their models and other workers. Yet, it is much easier to accuse an industry of exploitation than it is to define what exploitation might be.

While many people currently are likely to view the rule of law as simply a collection of arbitrary rules, it involves private property rights and limits on state power.