Economic Policy

While progressives blame climate change for the deadly Lahaina fire, government created the conditions for the blaze and then helped set it.

Members of Congress claim to be "concerned" over the proposed merger between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour. They should be supporting it or, even better, backing off completely.

The possible bankruptcy of Thames Water Company in Great Britain brings to mind the heady days 40 years ago when Margaret Thatcher's government was privatizing state-owned enterprises, including TW. Not all privatization stories have happy endings.

Mark revisits his March 2023 episode on the high price of toilet paper.

Much of government-owned transportation destroys rather than adds to wealth. The lack of a sound system of economic calculation is to blame.

President Biden announced recently to much fanfare that his administration will transform the US economy through central planning. This does not end well.

Pennsylvania legislators don't claim to be putting people out of work or killing job opportunities. They claim they just want workers to earn more pay.

Modern American media has become so politicized that a once-venerable institution now cannot be trusted.

While the government promotes CBDCs as tools for "inclusion," it is more likely that they will be another vehicle for federal intrusion.

Government statistics on inflation in the food sector have failed to account for skimpflation and shrinkflation.