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K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 13, 2022
Are Elon Musk and Jaime Dimon Crying Wolf about the Economy?
Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the economy. JPMorgan’s Jaime Dimon forecasts an “economic hurricane.” Both claims are counterfactual.
Laurence J. Kotlikoff  ·  June 13, 2022
The Subordinate Citizen
Americans feel that ordinary citizens like themselves who follow the rules are treated more harshly by their own government than are both noncitizens and our own progressive elites.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  June 13, 2022
Five Ways Minimum Wage Studies Fail
Caleb S. Fuller  ·  June 10, 2022
In the Shadow of D-Day
Joe Biden, who can’t remember D-Day but can’t wait to take your guns, should spur us to remember what happens when those with all the power have all the guns.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 10, 2022
San Francisco Boots Boudin
The recall of San Francisco’s pro-crime district attorney could be a promising sign for November.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 9, 2022
The Cultural Pessimism of 1619
The 1619 Project distorts the scholarship on slavery, finance, and U.S. economic history.
Peter A. Coclanis  ·  June 8, 2022
The CDC’s New Pox Americana
Monkeypox see, monkeypox do.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 8, 2022
Congress Must End the Federal Mask Mandate Once and for All
Benjamin Powell  ·  June 6, 2022
The Sovietization of American Life
Behind all our disasters there looms an ideology, a creed that ignores cause and effect in the real world—without a shred of concern for the damage done to those outside the nomenklatura.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  June 6, 2022
Kamala and the AK-47 Killer
Biden’s VP blames “assault weapons” for the actions of criminals and terrorists.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  June 2, 2022
George Stigler, Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist
Art Carden  ·  June 1, 2022
Bernanke’s Prescription for Inflation—Give the Fed More Power
Judy L. Shelton  ·  June 1, 2022
FBI Ballot Initiative
The incoming Congress could end the FBI’s use and abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to spy on “U.S. persons.”
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  May 31, 2022
Should the United States Treat Taiwan Differently Than Ukraine?
Events and emotions surrounding armed aggression can easily carry a U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity toward a hot war with China.
Ivan Eland  ·  May 31, 2022
Wind and Solar Will Have to Wait
Inflation is putting many things on hold.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  May 31, 2022
At Stanford, the New Applied Science Is Social Engineering
Williamson M. Evers  ·  May 28, 2022
Think Twice Before Admitting Finland and Sweden to NATO
Ivan Eland  ·  May 27, 2022
What Krugman Gets Right and Wrong on Trade Surpluses
Robert P. Murphy  ·  May 26, 2022
Time to Stop Coddling Crypto
Volatility among stablecoins has stirred calls for industry rules but proposed legislation is unlikely to end the turmoil.
Steve H. Hanke, Matt Sekerke  ·  May 26, 2022
What Firearms Have “Common-Use” Protections?
Here’s an Uncomfortable Question ... For Gun-Control Activists
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  May 25, 2022
The Axis Strikes Back
Exposing the domestic Nazi-Soviet Pact now menacing the people of America.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  May 24, 2022
Refundable Tax Credits Could Be the Healthcare Reform We Need
John C. Goodman  ·  May 23, 2022
Congress Has a Stake in the Dollar’s Integrity
The Fed’s independence gives Americans no democratic recourse when the currency is debased.
Judy L. Shelton  ·  May 18, 2022
The FDA Could Easily Solve the Baby Formula Shortage by Allowing More Imports from Europe
Glenn L. Furton  ·  May 18, 2022


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