Politics

When he was president, Donald Trump raised tariff rates, promising it would revitalize American production. It was a costly boondoggle.

Most socialists are not misguided about how to have a prosperous economy, for that is not their goal.

The unscrupulous are likely to be more successful in a society tending toward totalitarianism.

It's popular for politicians to claim they will never cut Social Security. But doing nothing now about the program means imposing an even larger hit on seniors in the future. 

San Francisco, as well as the government of California, is calling for millions in "reparations" for black people in that state. Reparations, unfortunately, are fast becoming another anti-property-owner racket.

Mises saw essentialist values as fallacies because they were unverifiable and saw metaphysical ideas as a key component of authoritarianism. His solution was utilitarianism.

Resources are scarce even when money is not.

Collusion was a way of life with state-chartered enterprises. Little has changed, as firms with political connections still gain profits from their collusion with the state.

The foreign policy "elites" have been wrong about regime change, sanctions, "the lesson of Munich," a "rules-based order," and pretty much everything else.  

President Biden's call for more protectionism isn't aimed improving the US economy. Instead, it is about creating a war-footing autarky.