Economy

In an April 27 post on Truth Social, President Trump floated a politically ambitious idea: replacing federal income taxes — at least for Americans earning under $200,000 per year —…

Anyone who has dealt with customers, especially in a service industry, knows that they can be difficult and demanding at times. Ironically, this is a feature not a bug. Consider…

No notion in economics is responsible for more misunderstanding and misguided government policies than that of the “balance of trade” (or “balance of payments”).  Rightly ridiculed in 1776 by Adam…

In his 1933 lecture at the London School of Economics titled The Trend of Economic Thinking, Frederich Hayek identified a shift in economic thought toward planning and interventionism. He argued…

The surest way to ruin a bipartisan dinner party is to say the words “unitary executive.” Liberals are likely to respond: “To give a president (especially one as capricious as…

In his 1933 lecture at the London School of Economics titled The Trend of Economic Thinking, Frederich Hayek identified a shift in economic thought toward planning and interventionism. He argued…

The surest way to ruin a bipartisan dinner party is to say the words “unitary executive.” Liberals are likely to respond: “To give a president (especially one as capricious as…

The Colorado state legislature is considering a bill that would radically chill parents’ speech. Dubbed the “Kelly Loving Act,” the bill, if signed into law, would empower judges to consider…

This article is a continuation of A Brief History of the Panama Canal. As the nineteenth century turned into the twentieth, the French were looking for a buyer for their…

Gold has won the competition — a plebiscite as long-running as established civilizations — to be crowned mankind’s universal choice as a store of value and medium of exchange —…