Following Sunday’s election results, Javier Milei is set to become the president of Argentina on December 10. Among other things, president-elect Milei has vowed to replace the peso with the…
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Here’s an easy A for politicians: To any economic problem you can name, the solution is job training and college. People are out of work from foreign competition? Taxpayers should…
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There’s a scene in the 2004 film Troy where Nestor, the Greek elder and advisor to King Agamemnon, tries to temper the latter’s hatred for Achilles. “How many battles have…
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The economy desk at the Wall Street Journal is promoting supply-side disinflation. Some of their articles are quite bad. Others are more promising. Nick Timiraos, the Journal’s chief economics correspondent,…
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The annual ritual known as Black Friday takes on renewed significance in 2023. This year’s shopping extravaganza will serve as a litmus test for the strength of the American consumer…
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The first Pilgrim colonists who arrived in North America in November of 1620 failed in grand ways. Later generations—especially the Founding generation—learned valuable lessons from those failures. We should be…
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For the past few years, we have reported on the change in prices associated with various holiday seasons. The Thanksgiving Cost Index was the first, a product of our desire…
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Economy
Dollarization without Fiscal Prudence Is Not Possible. With Fiscal Prudence, It’s not Necessary.
The runoff election on Sunday, November 19 in Argentina between the Peronista Sergio Massa and the libertarian Javier Milei offers contrasting proposals to address that nation’s economic crisis. In Argentina,…
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Twitter’s “Muted Words” function is a godsend. For a long time, every major event that takes place in the world — think wars, elections, politicking — has quickly generated a…
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If anything is fair to say in this world, it is that presidential candidate Nikki Haley is not a fan of TikTok. She has been saying for quite some time…