Daniel Sutter

Economics recognizes scarcity and the ensuing tradeoffs as unavoidable. Choices must be made even when facing terrible tradeoffs.

A digital dollar’s threats to privacy and freedom are real.

If ESG is a fad driven by America’s out-of-touch radical elites, markets will remedy the excess if ESG is not imposed via regulatory dictate.

The “power” large businesses seemingly possess over us is limited and not based on force. Yet as the casting couch reminds us, economic power is not entirely benign. Today’s social media giants raise some of the vulnerabilities of economic power, meriting further attention.

The Biden Administration’s recession denial may tip off our transition to degrowth.

The FDA is reverting to its normal, bureaucratic, foot-dragging ways. Americans should not have to die or suffer from bureaucratic delays.

Enacting climate change policies in quasi-authoritarian fashion will almost certainly prove self-defeating.

Listen to economists with different world views describe events and decide for yourself which view makes more sense.

Liberals have long celebrated good intentions over results. San Fransicko details the consequences of decades of reckless disregard of the consequences of well-intentioned progressives.

The Fed’s inability to see the onrushing freight train of inflation that has smacked America shows again that experts know much less than they think.

Politicians who want to go into business should use their own money, not tax dollars.

A credible commitment not to ban fossil fuels may soon be necessary to significantly increase production.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel famously opined, “Never let a crisis go to waste.” Many politicians have taken this to heart during the pandemic.