Cronyism and Corporatism

Dr. Jonathan Newman joins Bob to analyze Kamala Harris's proposals against price gouging, and how some mainstream economists defend Government price controls. 

The court intellectuals who want conflict with China pose a grave threat to America. 

The recent “housing” plan from the Kamala Harris campaign is being touted in the media as a “solution” for this nation's housing problems. However, the plan, if implemented, will be like trying to quench a fire by pouring gasoline on it.

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.

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.

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 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.

In the wake of the Labor Party's huge win in Great Britain, one is reminded that Labor and Conservatives are far more united in their economic and policy viewpoints than they pretend to be.