Search Content
Putting Some WD-40 on the Supply Chain May. 05, 2022
Politicians, the Federal Reserve, and Fed and administration apologists like to claim that the infla... Read More
Biden Can't Shield Us from "Billionaire Tax" Fallout Apr. 14, 2022
One of the most important lessons in tax policy is that the person who is handed the bill and sends ... Read More
Why Experts Should Embrace Humility After Their Inflation Miscalculation Feb. 17, 2022
As the greatest inflation spike of the last 50 years occurs, the utter failure of economists, their ... Read More
To Lift All Boats, Help Americans Resume Fulfilling Work Feb. 10, 2022
Pushing back on recent pro-worker populism on the Right, the American Enterprise Institute's Michael... Read More
Price Controls Always Backfire; Today Is No Different Feb. 03, 2022
With some pundits advocating for price controls to fight inflation, it suddenly feels like the 1970s... Read More
How "We" Obscure the Truth About Policy Jan. 13, 2022
"The most dangerous pronoun discourse has nothing to do with gender identity. It's the undefined 'we... Read More
Begging Permission to Buy and Sell Freely Oct. 14, 2021
The United States is known as the land of the free, but it has become a place where the government d... Read More
The Export-Import Bank's China Program Lacks Vision Sep. 17, 2020
Industrial policy that uses tariffs and subsidies to pick economic winners is once again in vogue am... Read More
V-Shaped Economic Recovery Requires Freer Trade, Not Tariffs Aug. 18, 2020
It seems obvious that President Donald Trump is going to need a blockbuster economic revival if he h... Read More
Lessons Learned From China's Chokehold on America Apr. 11, 2020
Indulge me a quick personal story. Twice now, I've been duped by Facebook ads into ordering American... Read More
Nineteenth-Century DIY Child's Chair Apr. 10, 2020
Q: This is a photo of an antique child's chair. It stands about 18 inches tall, and the seat is 11 i... Read More
America's Farmers Love Trump, but His Policies Don't Love Them Back Jan. 28, 2020
Notwithstanding the warm welcome he received a few days ago at the American Farm Bureau Federation's... Read More
Will the Economy in 2020 Roar or Whimper? Jan. 07, 2020
Let's face it: 2019 is going to be a hard year to beat — stocks and 401(k) plans up more than ... Read More
It's Resolution Time for Congress and the Administration Jan. 02, 2020
Mark Twain once wrote, "New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody... Read More
A Cheer for the Trump Uranium Plan Dec. 17, 2019
Our sources are telling us that President Trump is nearing a decision on how to revive the all-but-d... Read More
New Report Confirms That US Consumers Are Paying for Trump's China Tariffs Dec. 10, 2019
New York Federal Reserve Bank researchers are reporting what was utterly predictable: The Trump admi... Read More
Trump Touts the Great Deal of China Oct. 17, 2019
A trade deal with China could finally be here! It's a good one, too, according to President Donald T... Read More
I Welcome Imports, and so Should You Oct. 10, 2019
The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services increased to $54.9 billion in August, up from $54.0 bil... Read More
Hush, Little Voter, Don't Say a Word (About Tariffs) Oct. 03, 2019
There are many bad ideas flying around right now in Congress. The recent proposal by Sen. Tom Cotton... Read More
Cronyism Yields a Bumper Crop with Farm Bailouts Sep. 26, 2019
Stan Veuger of the American Enterprise Institute recently complained on Twitter that those who cared... Read More
