US Household Debt Rises to All-Time Highs
Spurred by 9 years of easy money, US household debt is back to peak levels not seen since 2008.
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Libertarianism at the Brink
Cato's Brink Lindsey says we can't evaluate complete laissez-faire because it does not exist; but he somehow "knows" government intervention is better.
4 Problems With Jeff Sessions’s New “Tough on Crime” Stance
Violent crime is already illegal in all 50 states under state laws. The last thing we need is a new wave of federal prosecutions of non-violent people.
Marx: The Economist’s Economist
Marx's original thinking amounted to nothing more than equivocal statements, half-baked arguments, and crude claims unsupported by any empirical facts.
The World’s Central Banks Are Frozen with Fear
A look at the world's largest central banks suggests there's no appetite for anything that resembles quantitative tightening.
Entrepreneurship’s Split-Personality Problem
Practice and theory are often seen as being distinct and in conflict with each other. But, hands-on entrepreneurs can learn a lot from economic theory.
Public-Sector Unions Keep the Gravy Train Flowing to Fire Departments
Fire departments rarely fight fires anymore, but you wouldn't know it the way department salaries are soaring.
Economists Are Not Plumbers
The American Economic Review has published Esther Duflo's Richart T. Ely Lecture, "The Economist as Plumber".
The States Are Revolting Against the War on Drugs
The Vermont state legislature has voted to legalize recreational marijuana use. This is a first, since other states have relied on statewide votes.
Brexit Has Put EU Politicians in Panic Mode
The UK is in a much better negotiating position than the EU, and the EU knows it.
