When Biden “Creates Jobs” Look for the Hidden Costs
"Jobs programs" never create new wealth. They only redirect wealth and resources from other sectors of the economy. The cost to those other sectors is often very high.
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Why Americans Abandoned Smuggling in Favor of Lobbying and Welfare
Colonial America was a society of smugglers and scofflaws who regarded government regulations as worthy of contempt. Twenty-first century America is quite different.
With Trump out of the Way, Suddenly We’re Hearing Good News about Covid
With Donald Trump safely out of the way, it is now safe for politicians and their friends in the media to begin scaling back their panicked hysteria over covid-19.
The Myths behind the “Capitalism Is Racist” Claim
Both theory and the empirical research shows a competitive marketplace is incongruous with racism, but the Left insists capitalism is "inherently" racist.
In a Paranoid Nation, “Treason” Is Everywhere
In a free society, peaceful citizens deserve the legal benefit of the doubt. In an age where government agents have endlessly intruded onto people’s land and into their emails, citizens should not be scourged for transgressing unknown or unmarked federal boundaries.
Why Governments Want More Centralization—and Less Federalism
America’s founders did not envision the federal government as the domineering senior partner in almost everything. What was once best described as “sovereign States, united solely for specified joint purposes” has been largely eviscerated.
Scott Horton on His New Book Enough Already
Scott Horton joins Jeff Deist for a sobering look at American hubris overseas, along with the blowback and destruction it causes. You don't want to miss this conversation.
Halfway to Secession: Unity on Foreign Policy, Disunity on Domestic Policy
Expect opponents of secession and decentralization to start claiming that neither option is acceptable because any big change to the status quo could endanger American "strength" in foreign policy. Don't listen to them.
Why Americans Abandoned Smuggling in Favor of Lobbying and Welfare
Colonial America was a society of smugglers and scofflaws who regarded government regulations as worthy of contempt. Twenty-first century America is quite different.
