economics

Might the Federal Reserve be keeping interest rates artificially low?

American politics is currently based on three premises: power, pragmatism, and plunder.

Intermittent electricity CANNOT provide the oil derivatives that are the basis of thousands of products that have benefitted humanity for more than 200 years.

At a time when a wide variety of misguided and wrong-headed economic ideas are swirling around the arenas of public policy, it is worth taking note of 2021 being the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Austrian School of Economics

Opinion polls consistently find that young Americans view socialism favorably. For example, in a recent Gallup poll, 49 percent of millennials and Gen Z’ers held a favorable view of socialism…

Dr. Phillip W. Magness describes what the 1619 Project gets grievously wrong about slavery, economics, and the motivations of the Founding Fathers.

Paul Krugman may hide behind rude and crude ad hominem attacks on those who do not share his views, but that does not prove his case. It only serves to harm his own reputation and legitimacy in the arena of public policy debate.

Experts in public health and epidemiology have driven policy making during the COVID-19 pandemic. How much should we trust experts?

Following COVID-19, it’s time we rethink our medical care system.

The Green New Deal would make US reliance on China much worse.

Despite the constant failures of Keynesian economics and statist policies, people still haven’t realized that free-market economics is the way forward.

The American economy is too dependent upon China to quickly reverse course.

Adam Smith was born on this day in 1723.