Patrick Newman: Rothbard in the 21st Century
Patrick Newman on what Murray Rothbard can still teach us today.
U.S. Economy
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Don’t Expect Any Spending Cuts Under Trump
With the end of the 2018 fiscal year, we're seeing just how much Donald Trump loves to spend government money.
Romanticizing Reagan
Reagan's rhetoric on freedom and free markets was excellent. The policies he supported as president weren't nearly as great.
Median Household Wealth in America Is Going Nowhere
As of 2016, median wealth in the United States was still near 1983 levels.
We Still Haven’t Learned the Right Lessons from the 2008 Crash
It's frightening to see the persistent lack of insight shown by policymakers and financial media on the 2008 financial crisis.
Ten Years After Lehman: The Solution Was “More Lehmans”
Lehman was a prime example of mainstream consensus analysis of risk and economic opportunity. We "solved" it with more of the same.
Jeff Deist: Is American Civilization Self-Destructing?
Jeff Deist and Jay Taylor discuss the poisoned state of things in Washington DC and beyond.
The “Racist Premium” Is Just One Way the Market Punishes Racism
Racists are often willing to pay higher prices for the psychic profit of living in certain neighborhoods. J. Dallas Bowser was happy to take their money.
New NAFTA Is Just Old Protectionism and Bad Economics
The new trade agreement will be simply an amalgamation of the old NAFTA, the previously rejected TPP, and some new protectionist measures.
Markets, Not Unions, Gave us Leisure
The shorter work week is entirely a capitalist invention. As capital investment caused the marginal productivity of labor to increase over time, less labor was required to produce the same levels of output.
