Stockman to Trump: It’s the Economy, Stupid
Concerns over the US economy put Donald Trump in the White House. But Trump seems rather uninterested in the hard work of reforming economic policy.
Taxes and Spending
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Cut, Don’t Reform, Taxes
Congress may make some small cuts in spending, those cuts will be dwarfed by spending increases on infrastructure at home and military spending abroad.
Why Those Student Loans Aren’t Getting Paid Off
The total amounts taken out to pay for college degrees are much higher than the value of the degrees themselves. There is a market solution to this.
Taking Off Our Economic Blinders
Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson helps us see the many aspects of intervention in the marketplace we might not have noticed before.
Make Every State a Sanctuary State
California says it may refuse to enforce federal immigration laws. But why stop with immigration laws? Many other federal laws should be ignored, too.
What Trump Means for Brexit, China, and the EU
The threat of a US-UK trade pact is very bad news for the EU, but Trump's more mercantilist side spells trouble for the US and much of the world.
Trump Cuts Subsidy to Real Estate Industry, Opponents Call It a “Tax Increase”
The FHA has long subsidized home loans and home sales with its federal insurance program. Banks and Realtors want to keep the money flowing.
The US Navy: A History of Waste and Corruption
When politicians play market without bearing the consequences, they create a network of economic privilege that begins with bribes and ends with bombs.
Will Trump Continue the Bush-Obama Legacy?
The only way to avoid fiscal crises is to stop increasing spending and instead begin reducing spending on all aspects of the welfare-warfare state.
Week in Review: January 14, 2017
The nation braces itself for the inauguration of a new president. Politics, however, will not cure what ails us.
