Ryan Bourne In Empowering the New American Worker, Chris Edwards summarized what economists have
Forget the other mainstream explanations for interest. Time preference explains this phenomenon and gives a true picture of why interest exists in the first place. Original Article: Time Preference Is the Key Driver of Interest Rates
Are the chickens coming home to roost for the US Treasury? As Ryan McMaken noted in a recent Mises Wire article, the United States is in a debt spiral and there’s no easy way out. The problem is multifaceted, but the origin is profligate government spending.
The traditionalist author Álvaro d’Ors emphasized in his work that the political thought of Rome was essentially stateless as it had a personalistic character. In contrast, Greek political thought had a territorial focus, giving rise to the idea of the state. Intellectuals who created and
Walter Olson Two weeks ago I noted that one principle of fair elections, transparency, can
Marc Joffe Transit policy analyst Brad Thomas recently ranked US streetcar systems by the number of passengers they carried per hour of service in September 2023. Occupying the bottom spot was the St. Louis Loop Trolley, which transported just 2.1 passengers per hour according to Thomas’
As this author previously has noted, the ideology of statism is responsible for much of the violence that plagues the world. We see this played out in Israel's aggressive retaliatory attacks in Gaza in response to the October 7 killings by Hamas. Original Article: Statist Ideology and
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the problems with Joe Manchin’s argument that Congress needs to reject the “extremism” in its ranks if it’s ever going to solve the many problems facing Americans. I argued that the opposite is true. That Congress is almost entirely unified
Romina Boccia Members of Congress say they want to be in the driver’s seat
Vanessa Brown Calder So‐called junk fees have become a popular topic this year, and rental