Politics
Commonsense safety measures are being replaced in our working culture by an impossible “no risk” standard. A culture of “can do” is replaced by...
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Ryan and historian Christopher Calton take a look at why homelessness is rising and why politicians like California Governor Gavin Newsom are only making...
We may be in the New Year, but James Bovard is not ready to put the craziness of 2024 in his rearview mirror. Here...
Commonsense safety measures are being replaced in our working culture by an impossible “no risk” standard. A culture of “can do” is replaced by...
Continued bailouts undermine the entire economy by rewarding financial failure and discouraging productive economic activity.
Issues of immigration are complex. The current system of open borders, detention and expanding access to welfare is destructive to our body politic. We...
Economic mythology said governments must regulate markets to prevent monopolies. In reality, it is the government regulation itself that creates monopolies, which do not...
Economic laws represent the real world. They are not ideologies or objects of worship. These laws are not the product of an ideological wish...
The Washington political establishment’s uniform condemnation of the assassination attempt against Donald Trump does not square with the apocalyptic rhetoric they have used to...
Prompted by a listener request, Bob gives the standard economic analysis of tariffs and other types of taxes.
Paul Krugman once claimed that inflation was necessary for relative income equality. The truth is that inflation, by creating winners and losers, increases and...
The great train wreck seems to be happening. Mark Thornton shares his latest guesses and outlook.
By appealing to the self-interest of buyers and sellers, capitalism foils attempts by lawmakers to create racially constructed limits on voluntary exchange. Capitalism undermines...