Opinion
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Labor Market Rollercoaster
Opinion -Editorial -The labor market’s performance refutes a central element of Modern Monetary Theory’s license for government spending. -
Out of Control Government and Isaiah’s Job
Opinion -Editorial -Those who value the free and prosperous society must continue to articulate the case for the limited government, free market system, even if it seems sometimes that few are listening. -
Is This a Recession?
Opinion -Editorial -The Biden Administration’s recession denial may tip off our transition to degrowth. -
The “Inflation Reduction Act” Will Do Almost Nothing That Joe Manchin Says It Will
Opinion -Editorial -The Inflation Reduction Act will do almost none of what Manchin claims it will—and often the exact opposite. -
Making Sense of Woke Business
Opinion -Editorial -Wokeness will not protect business for long because progressives are hostile to business. This arranged marriage will not produce lasting bliss for corporate America. -
Big Gov, Big Banks and Debt-to-GDP: We Little Guys Are Screwed
Opinion -Editorial -It’s a Big world. We Little Guys are just (barely) living in it - for now. Our nation’s Big Governments - are HUGE. -
America’s Dependency on Imports May Be Stagnating Its Economy
Opinion -Editorial -America has chosen to meet society’s demands for products by continually increasing supplies from foreign sources, but those choices are backfiring on the American economy. -
What Happened at Abbott?
Opinion -Editorial -Listen to economists with different world views describe events and decide for yourself which view makes more sense. -
Elon Musk, Twitter, and Media Bias
Opinion -Editorial -Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has stirred many emotions. The deal also illustrates the unprofitability of media bias, which claims of media bias must consider. -
Biden and His Democrats’ Solar Sell-Out to Communist China
Opinion -Editorial -I’m sure Communist China thinks their investment in the Bidens was well worth it. -
The Centenary of Ludwig von Mises’s Critique of Socialism
Opinion -Editorial -The free market harmonizes the peaceful pursuits of each individual with the purposes and activities of all others. -
The Democrats’ Recession Is Yet Again Proving Price Caps Are Stupid
Opinion -Editorial -As government raises the floor for loans - the absolute last thing we need is government also lowering the ceiling. -
In the Beginning: The Mont Pelerin Society, 1947
Opinion -Editorial -The laissez-faire variation on the liberal theme never really had a chance, because except for a small handful like Ludwig von Mises, it had few champions, even in the market-oriented liberal camp. -
Ludwig von Mises’s Idea on Self-Determination Might Have Saved Ukraine
Opinion -Editorial -Following a classical liberal approach might not only have saved many thousands of lives but prevented hundreds of billions of dollars of destruction that will leave Ukraine much poorer. -
Trump Trade Rep Lighthizer and Manchin: Support Grows for a Border Carbon Tax
Opinion -Editorial -We remain the only country actually cutting our own economic throat in the name of “climate change.” -
Political Paternalism, Not Free Markets, Cause Economic Shocks
Opinion -Editorial -Free markets, not government, plan for and adapt to the future. -
The Fed Missed Inflation
Opinion -Editorial -The Fed’s inability to see the onrushing freight train of inflation that has smacked America shows again that experts know much less than they think. -
Federal Fiscal Shortfall Nears $1 Million Per Household
Opinion -Editorial -While some believe the U.S. government can spend and borrow with abandon because it can print money, one of the most established laws of economics is that there is no such thing as a free lunch. -
Spending and Prosperity
Opinion -Editorial -Government transfers cannot make a nation wealthier and have contributed substantially to inflation. -
Interest Rate Hikes: Gov Making Loans MUCH Harder to Get – Poorest Hardest Hit
Opinion -Editorial -The government and Fed are over a barrel. The federal debt is now over $30 trillion. But the Fed’s only way to address runaway inflation? Raising interest rates. -
Can Capitalism Survive? 80 Years After Schumpeter’s Answer
Opinion -Editorial -Our task is to do all in our power and ability to revive an understanding of and inspire a desire to preserve, restore, and extend the ideal and practice of the truly free society. -
Golf on the Taxpayers
Opinion -Editorial -Politicians who want to go into business should use their own money, not tax dollars. -
Food Shortages and Skyrocketing Prices? Biden Upping Payments to Ban Farmland
Opinion -Editorial -The Biden Administration has engaged in an omni-directional assault on our food production system. -
War, Policy, and High Gas Prices
Opinion -Editorial -A credible commitment not to ban fossil fuels may soon be necessary to significantly increase production.