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Bitcoin Is a Great Counterpoint to Calls for Government Innovation Subsidies Title: How Bitcoin Highlights the Problem with Innovation Subsidies Subtitle: The story of bitcoin shows us that true innovation follows its own…

There is a romanticized view that left-wing youth movements are the wave of the future and on the “right side of history.” The stereotypical young idealist is assumed to be a left-wing radical who supports movements such as…

After the primaries, a prevailing narrative has painted Argentina's presidential candidate, Javier Milei, with the same brush as former American president Donald Trump. But to do so is to misunderstand Milei's…

This week for Ask an Economist I received a question from Steve R. It's a question of Biblical proportions! He says, "This past Sunday the pastor talked about 2 Kings 4: 1-7, the story of Elisha and the widow's…

Right when you think things can’t get any more strange and dysfunctional in America , another week passes. It began last Monday when video emerged of a 12-year-old student identified only as "Jaiden" being suspended…

Three years ago, I fished for barracuda and mahi-mahi off Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic (see below). I want to go back, not only because the fishing was terrific, but also to climb the highest peak in the Caribbean,…

In boasting about Bidenomics two weeks ago in Milwaukee, President Joe Biden declared that his policies are "restoring the American dream." Then he went into his creepy whispering mode and assured us "it's…

"During normal times, when inflation is low and stable, the floor system increases the burden on taxpayers. The burden is even larger when inflation is high, as it has been over the past two years." ~ Louis Rouanet

The problem of ocean pollution is not new. This past year, a survey conducted by the World Wildlife Fund found that more than three quarters of Americans are “increasingly frustrated that plastic waste generated in the United…