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Inequality and the Piketty Accounting Error
The stock-market crash, not high FDR-era taxes, caused the ‘great leveling’ of the middle 20th century.
Phillip W. Magness, Vincent J. Geloso  ·  April 12, 2022
The Altimeter for Powell’s Soft Landing
Rate hikes alone risk an economic crash. The key is to stabilize the growth of the broad money supply.
John Greenwood, OBE, Steve H. Hanke  ·  April 12, 2022
U.S. Secret Service Open for Business
Fake agents, possibly tied to Iranian and Pakistani intelligence, target Jill Biden’s security detail.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  April 11, 2022
Climate-Change ‘Solutions’ That Are Worse Than the Problem
The political assault on fossil fuels comes at the expense of the poor, peace, and the environment.
Jason De Sena Trennert  ·  April 11, 2022
The Debasement of Our Professional and Political Classes
Leftist professionals in politics, government, and private enterprise debased themselves for short-term political gain, or in furor at their bogeyman Trump, or in anger at the unwashed.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  April 11, 2022
The 1619 Project Unrepentantly Pushes Junk History
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ new book sidesteps scholarly critics while quietly deleting previous factual errors.
Phillip W. Magness  ·  April 8, 2022
Can Ukraine Ever Win?
There is as yet still no deterrent force that can stop Russia’s bombs and missiles and disrupt Vladimir Putin’s nihilist strategy.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  April 8, 2022
America Needs Proactive Energy Solutions, Not False Allegations
William F. Shughart II  ·  April 8, 2022
High Wages in Markets Are a Result of—and a Reflection of—High Worker Productivity
Donald J. Boudreaux  ·  April 7, 2022
Biden’s Billionaire Tax Proposal
Randall G. Holcombe  ·  April 7, 2022
The Nihilism of the Left
In pursuit of its utopian omelet, the Left cares little about the millions of middle-class Americans it must break to make it.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  April 6, 2022
Fear of Hobgoblins Doesn’t Justify Zoning
Gary M. Galles  ·  April 2, 2022
Ditch the Global Minimum Tax Grab
It would mean less revenue for the U.S. Treasury and will never get past a Republican Congress.
Bruce Gilley  ·  April 1, 2022
Do They Not Know?
Donald J. Boudreaux  ·  April 1, 2022
Why a Billionaire’s Tax Could Be Bad for You
John C. Goodman  ·  April 1, 2022
History Should Be Our Guide in Ukraine
Ukraine can defeat Vladimir Putin’s expeditionary army if the West remembers that history is not on Putin’s side.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  April 1, 2022
Where’s the Growth? Biden Budget Brings Back Obama’s Secular Stagnation
Lawrence A. Kudlow  ·  March 31, 2022
Ukraine War Reintroduces U.S. Politicians to the Second Amendment
Stephen P. Halbrook  ·  March 30, 2022
Biden’s Budget Dims His One Shining Moment
Biden punched Vladimir Putin out and then the whole world came crashing down on the president’s head. Really?
Lawrence A. Kudlow  ·  March 29, 2022
The Sheer Madness of Today’s Left
When ideologues demand power but cannot achieve it politically because they are cruel ideologues, expect more of their insanity to follow.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  March 28, 2022
From Depressionist to Stalinist
“The Grapes of Wrath,” winner of two Academy Awards, casts a shadow backward and forward. Biden is making it relevant again.
K. Lloyd Billingsley  ·  March 26, 2022
Putin May Fear Default More than Defeat in Ukraine
Judy L. Shelton  ·  March 25, 2022
The Defense Production Act Won’t Bring Us Supply-Chain Security
William F. Shughart II  ·  March 25, 2022
Don’t Cancel All Russians for Putin’s Crimes
Alvaro Vargas Llosa  ·  March 24, 2022
The Real ‘Reset’ Is Coming
The prophets of the new world order sowed the wind and they will soon reap the whirlwind of an angry public worn out by elite incompetence, arrogance, and ignorance.
Victor Davis Hanson  ·  March 24, 2022


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