Marc Joffe Given the steep population decline Puerto Rico has experienced, policymakers should reconsider whether remaining residents can continue to support 78 separate municipios. Consolidating some of these governments could result in more efficient service provision and reduced administrative overhead. Puerto Rico’s population has declined 15% since
While the Fed and the Biden administration try to assure Americans that their banks are safe and secure, the numbers tell a different story. Original Article: "Charles Schwab and Other Big Banks May Be Secretly Insolvent"
In the summer of 2020, the Smithsonian Institution created a chart meant to condemn what it calls “whiteness,” and it listed a number of characteristics it claimed were essential to “white culture.” Among the so-called characteristics it described in pejorative terms was delaying gratification, or
Nicholas Anthony Late last year, the Nigerian government caused a cash shortage for the country’s 200 million citizens that led to protests, riots, and unrest. Since then, the Central Bank of Nigeria proudly announced that the adoption of the eNaira—Nigeria’s central bank digital currency (CBDC)—has increased twelvefold
Romina Boccia The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released an update to its 10‐year fiscal projections. CBO highlights higher inflation, lower revenues, and higher spending than previously projected. CBO’s report arrives as the debate over the debt ceiling heats up in light of an early
President Biden's executive order to promote transgenderism on college campuses eviscerates long-held due process protections for accused students. This will not end well. Original Article: "Due Process or Transgender Protection on Campus?"
In a recent lecture on her new book, Redressing Historical Injustice: Self-Ownership, Property Rights and Economic Equality, Wanjiru Njoya challenged current calls among some indigenous groups for “land justice” to redress the alleged historical injustices of European colonization. Drawing from Murray N. Rothbard’s book The
Like the USA, Canada has had a central bank–fueled housing boom. Like all other booms, it also has an inevitable ending. Original Article: "Canada’s Housing Boom Was a Bubble. Now Comes the Bust"
The real issue we face is not whether we should be in the red tribe or the blue tribe, but rather what will be the constituency for freedom. Original Article: "Neither Red nor Blue, but Free"
We hear ad nauseum from political and media elites that the war in Ukraine is about preserving "our freedoms." Murray Rothbard had something to say about this sophistry. Original Article: "Rothbard Was Right: Wars Don't Enhance Freedom. They Destroy Liberty."