Opinion
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Amazon Shutters Book Depository
Opinion -In the latest of its cost-cutting moves, Amazon has announced the closing of its global on-line bookstore, the Book Depository. effective April 26th. The announcement continues a trend of cost-cutting in the tech sector. -
Must We Balkanize the Economy?
Opinion -Will Red and Blue states soon have their own banks, hotels, and other businesses? -
Social Security Insolvency
Opinion -Social Security has been long viewed as untouchable in American politics. An aging population seemingly only further entrenches this. Yet cuts may be coming if Democrats and Republicans do not act today. -
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Biden Veto of Anti-ESG Bill
Opinion -Press Release -“President Biden is putting politics and his radical ideology above the interests of working Americans and their families.” -
Silicon Valley Bank Was a Woke Bank, and Wokeness Is What Brought it Down
Opinion -Some people have commented that it’s not true that wokeness brought down Silicon Valley Bank. But I think that by and large it's mostly true and I'll try to explain here. -
Krugman’s Accounting of the National Debt is Jailworthy
Opinion -The national debt has risen at a blistering pace over recent decades and is now higher than any era of the nation’s history—even when adjusted for inflation, population growth, and economic growth (GDP). -
Rent Control Again?
Opinion -The solution to high rents is letting supply increase to meet demand. -
A Tale of Two Debacles
Opinion -Every organization will make mistakes. Economic freedom necessarily entails the freedom for businesses to mess up. -
The FTX Collapse
Opinion -I will assume that FTX was basically a scam, based on a statement by the court appointed supervisor, John Ray, who has supervised numerous bankruptcies including Enron: “Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy information." -
Digital Dollars
Opinion -Editorial -A digital dollar’s threats to privacy and freedom are real. -
Liberalism, True and False
Opinion -Editorial -The death of liberalism has been hailed or feared for well over a century now. -
If America Were Totalitarian, Where Would You Want to Live?
Opinion -Editorial -How free is America, really, today? What is the direction toward which we seem to be continuing to head? -
Economic Freedom and the Pandemic
Opinion -Editorial -COVID responses had enormous societal consequences beyond the virus’ illnesses and deaths. -
Government Money: They Aren’t Ready, They Haven’t Aimed – But They Fire Anyway
Opinion -Editorial -“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.” -
ESG and Markets
Opinion -Editorial -If ESG is a fad driven by America’s out-of-touch radical elites, markets will remedy the excess if ESG is not imposed via regulatory dictate. -
Economic Power and Social Media
Opinion -Editorial -The “power” large businesses seemingly possess over us is limited and not based on force. Yet as the casting couch reminds us, economic power is not entirely benign. Today’s social media giants raise some of the vulnerabilities of economic power, meriti -
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.
