The Hard Truth About the Abolition of Slavery
British satirist and cultural commentator Konstantin Kisin — author of An Immigrant’s Love Letter to…
Texas Trounces California in Energy Production—But the…
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright recently summed up the new federal approach: “We are unabashedly…
Why ‘Eating the Rich’ Undermines Everyone’s Prosperity
A recent report from The Heritage Foundation argues that “the wealthy” are not “idle idols” but are…
Fed Goes Back to Basics with Framework Revisions
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced changes to the Fed’s monetary policy framework in his…
Inflation Declined in July
New data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis show that inflation ticked down in July. The Personal…
‘Emergency’ Tariffs (Mostly) Struck Down
Heading into Labor Day weekend, the news was abuzz with low gas prices, the ending of de minimis…
Only Lobbying and Self-Deception Can Keep Tariffs Alive
In early 2025, National Review reported that lobbying expenditures on tariffs had jumped an…
Are We Doomed to Repeat Economic History, Even When We…
I regret it, but George Santayana’s famous statement, “Those who cannot remember the past are…
Economic Measurement and the Mirage of Exactness
In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are…
Bolivia’s Defeat of Socialism Signals a Continental…
It took 20 years to defeat Evo Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia through…
