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.
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Trump is Wrong on H1-B Visas
Restricting H1-B visas is a win for protectionism at the expense of everyone else.
Will this Finally Be the Year the Fed Cuts its Balance Sheet?
Now that the Fed has slightly upped its Fed Funds rate target twice, there is talk of a much more ominous issue: shrinking the balance sheet.
A Heartless “Solution” to the Heroin Epidemic
By over-prescribing opiate painkillers, doctors drive many to heroin. Some conservatives want to "solve" the problem by imprisoning more addicts.
The Right to Own and Bear Switchblades
US law and 14 states still outlaw switchblades. The bans, however, were inspired by little more than Hollywood movies about juvenile delinquents.
A Better Solution Than Trump’s Border Wall
The solution to addressing the problem of illegal immigration is clear: remove the welfare magnet that attracts so many to cross the border illegally.
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.
Should Cash be Abolished?
The usefulness of money depends on it having some connection to physical money. Reducing money to a digitized abstraction would be a disaster.
Asset-Price Inflation Heating Up with Nothing to Show For It
Obama is the first president since Hoover to not have a single year of over 3% GDP growth.
Week in Review: January 28 2017
As expected, the first week of the Trump administration has brought a mix of good and bad.
