Using the Welfare State to Get Compliance on Vaccine Mandates
A Democratic state lawmaker in Illinois has introduced legislation requiring unvaccinated residents to pay out-of-pocket for healthcare services. It's all part of an effort to come up with new and creative ways to punish people who refuse to get the
We’ve Only Just Begun to See the Benefits of the New Surge in Homeschooling
For decades, countless parents have been on autopilot when it comes to letting the state manage their child's education. But over the past two years, millions of parents have begun to take control. Original Article: "We've Only Just Begun to See
Raiding the World Bank: Exposing a Fondness for Dictators
I have always had a bad attitude toward official secrets regardless of who is keeping them. That prejudice and John Kenneth Galbraith are to blame for an unauthorized withdrawal I made from the World Bank. When I lived in Boston in the
The Bank of Canada’s Failed Mission to “Preserve the Value of Money”
The Bank of Canada's stated mission is "to preserve the value of money by keeping inflation low and stable." Yet, the BOC works to inflate away the value of Canadians' purchasing power every single day. Original Article: "The Bank of Canada's
The West Must Stop Trying to Expand NATO into Ukraine
The conflict in Ukraine looks like it might be about to unfreeze. A large buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine’s border, joint military exercises alongside embattled allies, and the deployment of Russian nuclear-capable bombers in the area have raised alarm among North American Treaty Organization (NATO) members. Further, heightening
Crisis after crisis: Turkey’s vicious circle
Almost a hundred years later, after adopting the socio-economic reforms by Mustafa Kemal (Kemal Atatürk), Turkey is entering into another impending economic crisis. The last major one being in 2000-2001, the question stands large as to why a country that
Inflation Surges Near to a 40-Year High. Wages Aren’t Keeping Up.
According to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, price inflation in November rose to the highest level recorded in nearly 40 years. According to the consumer price index for November, year-over-year price inflation rose to 6.8
Nirvana Economics: How Treating the Real World like an Imaginary Ideal World Leads to Trouble
In my industrial organization course, I discuss the economic theory of the firm. It is important in that there are many ways real world firms don’t correspond to the way they are presented in microeconomics models. When dealing with differences between
Vaccine Mandates and the Great Resignation: The Media Pretends There’s No Connection
Let me be clear from the start: I do not know the degree to which vaccine mandates have played a role in the massive voluntary exodus from the workforce. I do, however, know that any true journalist would at least entertain the
The Ethic of the Peddler Class
I was born on the lower East Side of New York and brought up on the lower West Side. (I bring in these facts as introduction to some ideas that may be of general interest, not as autobiography.) Of my