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In Praise of Carbon Fuels
Here’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal, which originally appeared on Cafe Hayek:
Editor:
The roster of economists who signed the letter calling for a steadily increasing revenue-...
- Jan 17, 2019
January Business Conditions Monthly
AIER’s Business Cycle Conditions Leading Indicators index fell 21 points to 58 in December. The Roughly Coincident Indicators index held at 100 while the Lagging Indicators index gained 16...
- Jan 17, 2019
Bitcoin and Illegal Activity
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have a bad reputation. A recent CNN article titled “How Mexican Cartels Use Chinese Crypto Brokers to Launder Drug Money” notes that Bitcoin is being...
- Jan 17, 2019
Targeted Tax Incentives: Perverse and Ineffective
State and local governments use targeted tax incentives in an attempt to create jobs and stimulate economic growth. Targeted tax incentives include job-development and retraining tax...
- Jan 17, 2019
How the Shutdown Has Affected Tariff Exemptions
You’re a small manufacturer and one of your key inputs is aluminum. You face a huge tariff, thanks to current US policy. You likely meet the conditions for an exemption and have even...
- Jan 16, 2019
What a Real “Libertarian Experiment” Looks Like
In labeling the current government shutdown as a “big libertarian experiment,” economist Paul Krugman has adopted what I’ll call the Left Behind theory of libertarianism. Like the rapture...
- Jan 15, 2019
