All too often, when we see a new technology we don't understand, our natural inclination is to condemn it. Artificial intelligence is no exception. Original Article: "Can We Understand AI? A Response to Jordan Peterson’s Podcast"
Norbert Michel and Jai Kedia On Wednesday the Fed decided to keep its rate target steady, in a range of 5.0 percent to 5.25 percent. On the heels of one of the steepest rate‐increasing campaigns in its history (the target was near zero in February 2022), Fed
On this episode of Good Money with Tho Bishop, Peter St Onge joins the show to discuss this week's Fed announcement and what it means to normal Americans. Tho and Peter also discuss the political battles in DC over the future of CBDCs and the
During a debate on capitalism with James Otteson, Michael Anton opined that free markets are harmful to a nation's economy. Perhaps he needs to learn economics. Original Article: "The Economic Nationalists Are Wrong: Free Trade Means Freedom and Prosperity"
Walter Olson The Supreme Court today in Haaland v. Brackeen, a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, did not reach the underlying Constitutional issues of equal protection and individual rights for children and families, and these remain to be resolved another day. Instead, the
News here in the USA has been full of the latest farce known as raising or not raising the debt ceiling. After the usual dog-and-pony show, a budget deal was reached. But was it progress? It was a foregone conclusion that the debt ceiling would
Despite "concerns" about increasing federal debt, in the end Republican legislators have gone along with whatever the ruling elites want. The Limit, Save and Grow Act of 2023 is more of the same. Original Article: "Republicans Fail on the Debt Ceiling in 2023"
Daniel Raisbeck Any American who smoked pot in the 1970’s likely came across Colombian marijuana. In 1979, in fact, Colombia was providing “roughly two‐thirds of all the pot smoked” in the United States, according to Time Magazine. The industry certainly was illegal, but it also arose
As reported by Reason, Colorado—one of thirty-one states that had banned its local governments from imposing rent control—is considering repealing that ban. Recent efforts to allow or impose similar controls have also taken place in New York, California, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Minnesota. However, there is
Jeffrey A. Singer Last month, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D‑TX) introduced the Secure Testing Resources Instead of Prosecuting (STRIP) Act. The act would clarify the language in the Controlled Substances Act that defines federally prohibited drug paraphernalia to clarify that “fentanyl drug testing equipment, including fentanyl test