Global Economy

The recent Italian vote helped to get rid of a pro-EU prime minister. Unfortunately, Italy is not much closer to the pro-market revolution it needs.

Whales were rapidly on their way to extinction until the petroleum industry undermined the whaling industry.

Under Castro, Cuba has really been two Cubas. There is relative abundance for the ruling class, and cruel, enforced poverty for everyone else.

Justin Raimondo, editorial director of Antiwar.com, joins Jeff for a great discussion of what Trump's election really means for libertarians.

India serves as a striking example of an emerging market that has overcome the shackles of protectionism.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is repeating Herbert Hoover's failed plan to fix an economy by keeping wages high.

Some have suggested France might be the next European state to leave the EU. This is unlikely for several reasons.

The euro is already in deep trouble, and the less enthusiastic globalism likely to be offered by Trump will be another blow to the European project.

As always in an election year, the public clamors for more jobs. But really, they are clamoring for more, newer, and better stuff.