Why Monetary “Stimulus” Won’t Prevent an Economic Bust
The increase in the growth rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has fueled concerns that if the rising trend were to continue the Fed is likely to tighten its interest rate stance. Observe that the yearly growth rate in
Private Security Isn’t Enough: Why America Needs Militias
Private security tends to provide its services to the highest bidder. And you know that almost always ends up being the regime itself. Corn farmers just can’t cut the same kinds of checks that tax farmers can. Original Article: "Private Security
Biden’s Budget Plan: Weaker Growth and Fewer Jobs
The first thing any economist should do when reading a budget proposal is to analyze the basic macro assumptions and the results presented by the administration. When both are poor, the budget should be criticized. This is the case of
Why Are Progressives Obsessed with the Transgender Policies at the College of the Ozarks?
Anyone considering going to the very conservative College of the Ozarks knows what he's getting into. Yet the Biden administration has launched a war on this tiny college in the name of "equality" for transgendered students who have no reason
Without Sound Economics, the Progressives Win
[A selection from "The Objectives of Economic Education" in Economic Freedom and Interventionism.] The struggle between the two systems of social organization, freedom and totalitarianism, will be decided in the democratic nations at the polls. As things are today, the outcome in the
“Supply Bottlenecks” as an Excuse for Inflation
One of the arguments most used by central banks regarding the increase in inflation is that it is because of bottlenecks and that the recovery in demand has created tensions in the supply chain. However, the evidence shows us that most commodities
Bill Sanders: How Creative Conflict Expands the Value Pie
Value facilitation is a creative act of imagination, design, assembly, communication and agile responsiveness. Our Economics For Business model applies these actions in the pursuit of new economic value. Bill Sanders, an expert in contract negotiation in business, applies them
America Still Loves the Warfare State
The difficulty Trump encountered in trying to even slightly scale back American military schemes shows just how far Americans are from abandoning the idea that the United States is the indispensable nation entitled to fight wars always and everywhere. Original Article:
Guatemala: The Human Rights Nightmare That Is the US Drug War
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Guatemala earlier this week to bestow millions of dollars in new foreign aid on that government. The Biden administration is pretending that giving more US tax dollars to Central American governments will miraculously reduce the
How Facebook Turned its Market Success Into a Culture War on America
Corporate America—from Facebook to Google to Major League Baseball—got rich by giving the consumers what they want. Now these big firms will use their riches to crush their ideological enemies. That's life in a "mixed economy." Original Article: "How Facebook Turned