Topic: Free Markets

Authoritarianism, Free Markets, History, Socialism

Do They Not Know?

– March 25, 2022

“Do today’s skeptics of free markets – whether these skeptics be full-on socialists or advocates of ‘mere’ industrial policy – have any accurate knowledge of economic history, of economics, or of human nature?” ~ Donald J. Boudreaux

Crisis, Free Markets, Government, Regulation

Lessons from the Pandemic on Deregulation

– March 23, 2022

“Pandemic deregulation’s most enduring benefit may prove to be exposing bogus rationales for rules benefitting one group of businesses over another at the expense or inconvenience of consumers.” ~ Daniel Sutter

Education, Free Markets, Government, Regulation

This Is What a Good University President Looks Like

– March 22, 2022

“To me, the top award for American higher education innovation must go to Mitch Daniels, who is just beginning his tenth year as the president of Purdue University.” ~ Richard K. Vedder

Free Markets, Government, Regulation, Taxation

Taxes and State Competitiveness

– March 21, 2022

“Politicians in New York must be upset that there’s no way for them to drop lower than #50. But at least they can take comfort in the fact that they are worse than California.” ~ Daniel J. Mitchell

Free Markets, Government, Policy, Regulation

Questioning Policy Miracles

– March 21, 2022

“Proponents may be so committed to their policy conclusions (typically because they advance their own self-interest) that they go to great lengths to avoid careful thinking about the supposed miracles their arguments need.” ~ Gary M. Galles

Economic Education, Free Markets, Government

When “Big Business” Revitalizes the Neighborhood

– March 19, 2022

“With the reopening of Whole Foods, the big in Amazon is bringing energy to a neighborhood that had lost it. It’s also rushing a much better future into the present; one that will force competitors to either advance, or be replaced.” ~ John Tamny

Economic Education, Free Markets, Government

Why Size Matters, Dependency Debilitates, and Markets Must Be Left Alone

– March 17, 2022

“Let’s bring on the capitalists who can promote value creation and who can champion the virtues of voluntary exchange, since this will allow for not only a rebound but a rebirth of the American economic system.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Free Markets, Government

Mr. Employer, Tear Down These Masks

– March 14, 2022

“A ‘return to normal’ requires abandoning all aspects of the ‘new normal’ and asserting a real normal. At long last governments are dropping mask mandates. Holdout employers must do the same.” ~ Jon Sanders

Economic Education, Free Markets, Government, Inflation

How to Think about Inflation

– March 13, 2022

“If we want to understand inflation, we need a framework to organize our thoughts. Economies are fiendishly complex; without a model that helps us focus on the relevant details, we’re lost in the woods.” ~ Alexander William Salter

Economic Growth, Free Markets, Government

Industrial Policy? Try Competition and Entrepreneurship Instead

– March 11, 2022

“The entrepreneurship-plus-competition path to a broader-based American economy in a post-Covid world requires humility about what governments can reasonably do if the goal is to promote diversification of the U.S. economy.” ~ Samuel Gregg

Free Markets, Government, Inflation, Monetary Policy

Do Greedy Countries Have Higher Inflation?

– March 11, 2022

“Blaming big corporations for inflation no doubt serves the political interests of Sens. Warren and Sanders. But it is inconsistent with the available data. That is not surprising: It is inconsistent with standard monetary economics as well.” ~ Nicolás Cachanosky

Crisis, Environmentalism, Free Markets

Solving the Post-Pandemic Plastic Pollution Problem

– March 11, 2022

“Research initiatives must begin investigating and investing in treating our oceans and landscapes for the masks and tests polluting them, like they are viruses themselves.” ~ Connor Tomlinson