Politics

The rent is too high. However, government interference into rental markets has been the main reason rents are so high in the first place.

When we think of the term “equality,” most of us think of it in a formal sense: equality under the law. However, political elites are demanding “substantive” equality, which is impossible to achieve.

The government “shutdown” and the so-called threat to the food stamp program may be abated for now, but we need to understand why this program has metastasized in recent years. James Bovard tells us why.

On this episode of Power & Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho talk about Trump's FDR-like proposal of a 50-year mortgage and the unfortunate reality that it seems to be one of the only actual policy ideas Republicans have left to "address" affordability.

We libertarians may be anti-state, but that we are emphatically not anti-society or opposed to the real world, however contaminated it might be. 

Neither Congress nor President Trump speak anymore about a balanced budget. Instead, the Republicans and Democrats compete with each other to see who can spend the most.

The government “shutdown” and the so-called threat to the food stamp program may be abated for now, but we need to understand why this program has metastasized in recent years. James Bovard tells us why.

Central planners act as sorcerers who can conjure economic prosperity through artificially increasing demand.

What will the future of New York look like under Mamdani’s mayorship? If only we had a time machine, however, given the policies, it is possible to imagine some outcomes.

On this episode of Power & Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho take a look at this week's off-year elections. Were any of the outcomes a real surprise? Does Mamdami reflect the future of the left? Will affordability bring down MAGA? The roundtable discuss these questions and more.