The Vaping “Crisis” is an Opportunity to Rethink Government Bans
All too often, alternatives to government bans are difficult to name offhand not because they don’t exist but because we haven’t asked. Perhaps this is our opportunity to do...
- Sep 20, 2019More Articles
Protectionism Is Like a Gas Leak in Your Home (Video)
I'm personally grateful to the research done by the scholars at AIER, without which I would not be prepared to speak about the Fed's actions in the repo market or the new OECD report...
- Sep 20, 2019
Everything You Need to Know About Negative Interest Rates
President Trump has called for negative interest rates. He should be careful what he wishes for.
In a recent tweet, President Trump urged the Fed to lower interest rates.
The Federal...
- Sep 20, 2019
Do You Donate Out of Fear or Love?
Here’s a crazy paradox for you.
When pollsters ask people about the biggest problems we face today, poor leadership in government ranks number one. Polls on confidence in government...
- Sep 20, 2019
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s … the Speculator!
I have an idea for a new hero for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: the Speculator. Consider this scenario. A hurricane has decimated a city in Florida and left its residents...
- Sep 19, 2019
Forced Repatriation of Money Achieves Nothing
In the 2018 Academy Award nominated movie Cold War (Best Foreign Film), the U.S. dollar comes up in one of many arguments between Zula and Wiktor, the troubled couple at the center of the...
- Sep 19, 2019
We Don't Have a Real Market for Health Care in the U.S.
In some circles, deregulation got a bad name due to the Panic of 2008. It shouldn’t have as the causes of the subprime mortgage crisis ran deep, but ultimately dumb bureaucratic...
- Sep 19, 2019
The Problem of Millennial Socialism (Video)
As generations come of age, the political landscape often shifts. Two recent surveys’ reporting that more than half of millennials identify as socialist should therefore ring alarm bells...
- Sep 18, 2019
This Is Not QE4, Yet
When the plumbing clogs up, no matter how impressive the building, it’s worth keeping an eye on.
Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chaotic-repo-funding-market-fell-160538207....
- Sep 18, 2019
Don't Say Unbanked; Say Differently Banked
Walk into a Walmart these days and you can buy all sorts of financial services.
If you don’t have a bank account, you can cash a paycheck for $4 at a Walmart Money Center. Have the...
- Sep 18, 2019
Even Swedish Socialism was Violent
Few subjects are more taboo among self-described socialists than the historical track record of socialism in action.
Bernie Sanders recently bristled at the suggestion of any...
- Sep 18, 2019
Industrial Production Rose in August but the Trend Remains Weak
Industrial production increased 0.6 percent in August, following a 0.1 percent drop in July. Over the past year, industrial production is up 0.4 percent (see top chart). The gain helped...
- Sep 17, 2019
Price Controls Attack the Freedom of Speech
We increasingly live in a new “dark age” of economic ignorance, and even stupidity. Few things exemplify this trend as much as the call for price controls over the interactions of...
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